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Upgrading to Windows 7 - Your questions answered!

OK Adrian. Now, do the same thing for Ubuntu 9.10.Upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 and matrix is side-by-side with W7.One data pointI took my Dell Latitude E6500 (Core 2 Duo P9500, 4GB) from Vista x86 to Win7 x64 (clean install required for 32-bit to 64-bit upgrade). I downloaded the 64-bit Vista...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Notebooks, Karmic Koala, Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., Migration Wizard, Microsoft Windows 7, fess up, Upgrading, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Upgrading to Final Cut Server 1.5? Check the best practices note first

Upgrading to Final Cut Server 1.5? Check the best practices note firstWow, sounds complicatedI figured the best practices would be something more along the lines of:[i]It Just Works - Don't worry about it.[/i]oh please NZTrolling again?Make a backup and make certain you have enough space more or less. Final...

Tags: Final Cut Server 1.5, best practice, Upgrading, Final Cut Server

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Upgrading early and other benefits of AT&T's Family Talk plan

Upgrading early and other benefits of AT&T's Family Talk planWow that sounds like a lot of work! Thanks Jason, I didn't realise how complicated it would be to buy an iPhone. I'm used to just picking a phone and paying for it but I guess felt markers and sweet talking...

Tags: Benefits, AT&T Family Talk plan, AT&T Family Talk, Upgrading, AT&T Corp., benefit

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Upgrading older systems

Upgrading older systemseBay "support"At FORD, we had many legacy machines in differing states of "decay". One was a NVH (Noice/Vehicle Harmonics) platform - which consisted of a specialty input card (ISA bus?) that connected hundreds of different sensors on a vehicle to check noise levels. A new card was pretty...

Tags: T5440, P550, Sun Microsystems Inc., P690, older system, Upgrading, Ford Motor Co., eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answer

Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answerI respect your opinion, but...I also don't feel you've articulated why we should move to Vista, should we have the horsepower.If, after all the tweaking, it's only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Upgrading, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

False alarm on new Flash zero-day exploit

False alarm on new Flash zero-day exploitI'm confusedis 9,0,48,0 installedmore recent than 9,0,115,0 installed?I would say yes since rpm didn't complain when I asked it to update the package but judging by their numbering system, I couldn't say for sure.Thanks NT.No, 9.0.124.0 is the latestThe latest version according to Adobe...

Tags: Flash Zero-Day

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

Secunia: Alarming stats on insecure applications

Secunia: Alarming stats on insecure applicationsDoes this come as a surprise?Keeping 11+ software packages manually up to date isn't something that people like to do. especially if all of them require a reboot It just costs people to much time to perform all these updates. It's nice to have a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Upgrading, Secunia, insecure application, stat, software

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

Latest OpenSUSE a mixed bag for educators

Latest OpenSUSE a mixed bag for educatorsOld wisdom...Upgrading is always a bad idea, for any operating system under the sun. At worst you encounter strange problems, at best you always have some debris left on your system. A clean install is therefore always preferable.I always say: if you want a...

Tags: BIOS, RAID, OPEN SOURCE, clean install, Upgrading, educator, Novell OpenSuse, mixed bag

Discussion threads 2007-10-08

Your Mileage May Vary - Is this the best we can expect from Vista?

Last Friday Robert McLaws Windows Now posted an interesting piece of Windows Vista as a response to a news item on AP entitled Six months on, Vista users still griping.  The piece is based on Chris Pirillo's experiences with Vista.  Both pieces are worth a read but one thing that struck me...

Tags: Vista, Upgrading, Thoughts, Microsoft, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-07-16

Vista coupons will not generate more sales

Vista coupons will not generate more salesI vote for don't care about it.All the important bits of Vista were lopped off long, long ago. What's left is yawn-inducing.Upgrading is a major problem.I'm not the first to observe that mailing upgrade CDs to the general public and waiting to see what...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), sales, Upgrading, Microsoft Windows Vista, Aero Glass

Discussion threads 2006-08-19

Symantec: Our security savvy will beat Microsoft

Symantec: Our security savvy will beat MicrosoftOh, Brother!History is littered with the rotted corpses of companies who thought that the market would pay extra for better quality than Microsoft provides as part of their bundles. Most of them weren't trying to compete on core operating-system functions -- Symantec is.They'd...

Tags: Upgrading, Norton Co., Advanced System Optimizer, security, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-08

Additional Resources

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Short clip: American Airlines? upgrading its passenger service system

Monte Ford, CIO of American Airlines describes how the company?s new passenger service system will work in the future. He says it will be easier for customers to handle reservations, ticketing, and flight information through their mobile devices.

Tags: American Airlines, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Videos 2009-11-04

Firefox 3.5 (Gallery: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala)

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic KoalaSome nice and welcomed touches but not enough on their own to get people to switch. - Especially me!I left the Ubuntu Family when upgrading to the next version failed on ALL levels! The biggest disaster was changing the repositories to point at the new version....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09

Welcome to the updated and revamped Hardware 2.0 "Very Best Kit List" for Nov/Dec 09, the last such list for 2009. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range and budget components currently available. So if you're thinking of buying, building or even upgrading a PC,...

Tags: Hardware, List, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade media? Get the facts!

Unbelievable"Last week I complained about Microsoft?s shoddy documentation of how its upgrade procedures are supposed to work. I?m delighted to report that I got a tremendous and immediate response from within Microsoft, offering assistance in my testing and also promising to clean up and expand their documentation."So what exactly did...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, product key, acccount, clean install, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, Palm

To Stay in Business,eventually they will turn to Android.The SAME WAY did HTC and MOTOROLA.and IT will not Take Long!RE: Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, PalmRIM forever!droid is cool, but read the comments on the original article.this guy is probably waaaay off.IT Analysts are kind of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Handhelds, droid, IT-Analysts, Motorola Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Palm Inc., phone, Pre, v60

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Lower the Cost of Your Data with IBM System x Servers and DB2

It's no secret, IBM has set the world record for the most database transactions per minute on a single Intel-based server. That achievement came with a price - in fact, the lowest price per transaction in its class. Have you been questioning the real cost of upgrading your database infrastructure?...

Tags: IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Data Management, Storage, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2009-11-01

Apple Xcode 3.2.1 (Mac)

Xcode 3.2.1 is an update release of the developer tools for Mac OS X. This release provides bug fixes in gdb, Interface Builder, Instruments, llvm-gcc and Clang optimizer, Shark, and Xcode and must be installed on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and higher. Xcode defaults to upgrading an existing...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Apple Xcode, Xcode 3.2.1, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Nintendo to supersize DSi handheld

Welcome to the DSi... EMDEEvenMoreDistortedEdition...Umm... making the picture bigger, without upgrading the resolution = blocky, smeary, even worse graphics.Yeah, it sports a screen bigger than the PSP-3000 while producing less than half the resolution. Awesome. RE: Nintendo to supersize DSi handheldI thought that the DSi was a huge improvement...

Tags: DSi, Nintendo Co. Ltd., handheld

Discussion threads 2009-10-29