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Windows XP turns 10

Written on October 25, 2011 at 7:28 pm, by

10 years ago today, Windows XP was officially launched in New York City.  It was a different tie.  We were 6 weeks removed from the attacks of 9/11, computers were still not in every home, not everyone had broadband internet, and smartphones really didn’t exist yet.  How far things have come…. Tweet

MacBook Pro – One year later

Written on July 28, 2010 at 11:22 am, by

It has been about a year since I bought my first Apple Computer, a 13” MacBook Pro.  You can read my review here, and see my unboxing here.  What I want to do is revisit the MacBook Pro, and talk about my first year with it. First, the hardware.  I can say that even a Read more...

Windows 7 – Review

Written on October 20, 2009 at 6:15 pm, by

Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7, is officially out on October 22nd. I’ve been running Windows 7 since early this year when the beta launched, and moved up to the Release Candidate, and I have been running the final version since July. Windows 7 has been highly hyped, and has brought much praise in it’s Read more...

Why Windows Vista Failed, and why you have no one to blame but yourself – Part 3

Written on August 16, 2009 at 7:52 pm, by

This is the conclusion of the three part series about Windows Vista, for parts 1 and 2, click here and here. In 2001, Windows XP was released to the world. At the time, it was Microsoft’s best operating system release. Windows Vista improved on it in nearly every way. Let me say that again. Windows Read more...

Windows Vista failed, and you have no one to blame but yourself – Part 2

Written on July 29, 2009 at 6:11 pm, by

This is part 2 of my article about Windows Vista, and why it failed, and why it shouldn’t have.  For part one, click Here. Author’s note:  Part 2 had originally been intended to be an article about what makes Windows Vista a good operating system. That will now be featured in part 3. there were Read more...

Windows Vista failed, and you have no one to blame but yourself

Written on July 11, 2009 at 2:55 pm, by

As Microsoft prepares Windows 7 for release this October, I wanted to take a look back at Windows Vista. Windows Vista is the most stable, most secure, and has the most innovations of any operating system Microsoft has ever made. It is also their second biggest failure(the ill conceived Windows ME holds that distinction). The Read more...