Entries from Thinking Tech tagged with 'Windows'
Virtualize Servers To Save Big...
The average server in the average data center--it turns out--isn't doing much. Kind of like the salespeople at your average mall...but that would be another rant. In order to increase reliability, we once proliferated servers. We balanced load by creating...
Windows Vs. Apple Mac
As they say in the legal shows, let's stipulate to the fact that the Apple Mac is more stable than the PC. It's pretty much a fact. All the tech sites like Engadget and Leo Laporte's This Week In Tech...
Vista RC2 -- Antivirus Software
Windows Vista and IE 7 arrive with security updates already touted in the press. One of these benefits is a centralized management console which points out on new installation that no antivirus software is installed. There was a button that...
More Vista Features I Like
Think I said before that I liked the new interface. It is mostly eye candy, but I'm good for a little eye candy occasionally. I found some more things on installation that I like. First of all, I didn't have...
Vista RC1 More Lockups
After the last post, I was trying to browse the internet with IE 7. Lockup. Then I was trying to type a pretty simple paper in Office 2007 (no problems from this Beta on my trusty XP machine). Lockups. Lost...
More Vista Information
A few posts ago, I wrote that I'd purchased a "Vista Ready" computer and installed Vista RC1 (Build 5600) and installed it. I've banged on it some; my kids have tested it some; I've installed Antivirus software and turned on...
Pick Your Vista Carefully
In November, the business versions of Vista start to come out. January will bring the home versions to the market. And--as with XP--users will have a choice of which version to buy. But buyer beware...if you buy the wrong version,...
Windows Vista 64 bit
I should have listened to the latest TWiT before I installed the 64 bit version of Vista. Turns out that Microsoft has drawn a line in the sand between 32 and 64 bit versions. Hardware will need to be compatible....
Installing Vista
I got the Windows Vista RC downloaded (all 3+ Gb of it). I burned it to a DVD, then backed up the XP operating system I was working on. The machine has an AMD 64-bit dual core with 2Gb of...
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