Sunday, May 27, 2007

Tech Tip 124: Windows Vista Part II - To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

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After five and half years of non-stop hacking and patching, Microsoft finally got its act together and released the more security conscious Windows Vista in January 2007.  According to Redmond Magazine, Vista is off to a running start, logging in 20 million licenses in its first month of availability and outselling Windows XP in its first two months of existence by 3 million licenses.  That should propel any Microsoft fan to run out and snatch up his or her own copy of the vaunted program – or should it?  Those numbers include new systems that would have come with one OS or another anyway, and, after all, we are talking about Microsoft, king of the vulnerabilities and patch-as-you-go operating systems.  Contrary to what Microsoft would have you believe, old habits die hard.

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Sunday, May 13, 2007

Tech Tip 123: Introducing…Windows Vista – Part I

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Are you ready for a brand new day?  You may have heard it, seen it fleetingly in neighborhood electronic shops, and it didn’t make big headlines like the debut of the Macintosh during Super Bowl Sunday or become the “End of the World as We Know It.”  The “it” here is Microsoft’s successor to its hugely popular Windows XP operating system, Windows Vista. 

Vista was finally released to the public on January 30, 2007, five and a half years in the making.  The positives:  Vista drastically improves upon security (sometimes to the point of annoyance) and sports a more intuitive look and feel.  The negatives:  As in any release of the Windows OS, you need to have relatively new hardware to run it, and running it on the “minimum” specification won’t get you anywhere but frustrated.

Of course, as was common in their XP software, there are multiple versions of Vista and not all versions come with the same features.  All in all, it’s a worthy successor to its siblings, moving Windows closer to “Mac-like” proportions. 

We present a rundown of Vista’s features below.

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Sunday, May 06, 2007

Tech Tip 122: LCD, DLP, Plasma – Oh My!

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Now that the “big” 32” CRT television in your living room is fading fast, it’s time to deep six it and upgrade in style.  But if you’ve been out of the television technology loop for the last few years, there are a number of unfamiliar terms and concepts (not to mention acronyms!) to contend with.

So where do you start, and what exactly is the best choice for you?  You want picture quality, you want a long lifespan, you want a TV that is ready for the upcoming FCC-mandated DTV (Digital Television) transition in 2009 (or until they change the date again) and, most importantly, you want bang for your buck!  But before you crack open your wallet, you should do some homework.  First you’ll see a bunch of unfamiliar terms, like plasma, LCD, projection, DLP, and then you’ll have to decipher them.

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