by Mike McEvoy on November 30, 2009
Is it time to buy new a computer? Unsure how much to spend on your new computer so that it meets your needs today as well as in the future? A common question in buying new computers is when does spending a little extra money actually get you a noticeably better computer. An important factor [...]
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by Mike McEvoy on October 31, 2009
Windows 7 is here and there are plenty of new and useful aspects to Microsoft’s latest version from its computer operating system family. While Windows 7 is not a revolutionary step, it is an impressive evolutionary step. It provides a significant number of reasons to upgrade your current Windows computer or, if your budget permits, [...]
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by Mike McEvoy on October 14, 2009
The Microsoft Windows 7 release is a major event for the computer world. Windows Vista has been a flop, to put it mildly, and while Windows XP has aged relatively well it is still an eight year old operating system. Eight years in the computer world is almost a geologic era, so many Windows users [...]
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An increasingly common question is how long to stick with an aging computer? Frequently it becomes a question of continuing to use an older computer that “sort of” meets your needs, or upgrading to a new computer with its many potential benefits. Having the budget to buy a new computer is a key starting point. [...]
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by MikeM on February 10, 2009
The public beta release of Windows 7, Microsoft’s follow up to Windows Vista, has been out for a few weeks now and I recently began testing a couple of initial installations. Microsoft has released both 32-bit and 64-bit versions for testing and evaluation with a targeted release date for the final version slated for “later [...]
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by MikeM on November 3, 2008
My experience in the computer world goes back to the days of PCs that had only dual-floppy disk drives with no hard disk drive. A time when creatures known as 8″ double-sided, double-density floppy disks with a capacity of 1 megabyte were a preferred method of storage. So it was particularly interesting to me to [...]
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