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Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home users

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Basic, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic hint, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

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Could Shrek use a netbook?

Could Shrek use a netbook?Um.. You DO realize that's gotta be the some of the worst advice ever...?Installing multiple antivirus products is counterproductive. There's NOTHING like watching your otherwise snappy computer run like a 98 pound weakling trying to pull a freight train. Not to mention multiple AV products tend...

Tags: NOW IT, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-01-04

A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS X

A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS XThere is only one advantage of Windows over Mac OS XDirectX.RE: A halloween challenge: Windows 7 vs MacOS XThe challenge should be: what can you do on an exorbitantly expensive Mac that you can't do right now in Windows for a fraction of...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, OSX, Microsoft Windows 7, halloween challenge, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, MacOS X, Win 7, Apple Macintosh, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-11-01

And the new name is ... Windows 7

And the new name is ... Windows 7And the new name is...Windows 7This is great news from Microsoft, and a death knell to the rest of the software world! Apple and Linux, take heed, your end is at hand, and its name is Microsoft!!They're going to have a heck...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, new name

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who’s buying...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic (hint: it’s not home users)

Who’s buying new PCs with Windows Vista Home Basic? Judging by the name, you’d assume those OS editions would be loaded on underpowered machines for starving students and penny-pinching families. But you’d be wrong. Based on my observations of the PC market over the past year or two, I think...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Small-business Buyer, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-10-09

Maxtor Black Armor

We're not surprised to see the Maxtor Black Armor emerge in a time when so much confidential data is transported by external hard drives. The 10GB Black Armor drive ($150) is a portable storage device with built-in Advanced Encryption Standard hardware-based encryption to prevent digital theft. Unfortunately, this added security...

Tags: Storage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), traveler mode, Black Armor, Maxtor Corp., password

Product reviews 2008-06-18

A new hint about what's coming (and when) in Microsoft Office 14

A new hint about what's coming and when in Microsoft Office 14Isn't it a bit soon?Office 2007 hasn't even been digested yet.Shelling out several hundred dollars every year just doesn't make sense.I suspect MS will want us to figure that out, so we become more accepting of their idea to...

Tags: HiPe, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

Microsoft sells 20 million Vista licenses

Microsoft sells 20 million Vista licensesShut up, fool.You're an embarrassment to anyone using Linux.I see you are having math problems again.Let me help 20 20 million.(Hint, its all about tha zeros)Probably trueBut guess what's on my PC still? Windows is. I've downloaded Linux so many times I can't...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Microsoft Windows XP, OEM

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Vista OEM prices finally appear

Over the weekend, I got an e-mail offer from an online retailer offering to sell me an OEM copy of Windows Vista. Although the official Vista launch isnt for another week, it looks like online merchants have jumped the gun.Along with these announcements comes a hint of what OEM pricing...

Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista, OEM

Blog posts 2007-01-22