Tag: Operating Systems
How To Run Windows 8 From A USB Flash Drive
I’m a big fan of the ability to run Linux distributions from a flash drive, which allows users to try out Linux before committing to an install or even to keep the entire OS on a USB key to use anywhere. It looks like Windows 8 will also have this ability. Liliputing has a nice [...]
How to Get Early Access to Windows 8
Today Windows officially pulled back the veil of “secrecy” on Windows 8 at Build, their conference for Windows developers. I put that in quotes because we’ve seen quite a lot about it already. If you want to get an early look, then check out their new Windows Developer site after 8PM tonight (Pacific Time). If [...]
Windows 7 versus Mac OS Lion: 7 Reasons Windows 7 is Better
Apple is expected to debut its next major release of Mac OS X, the Company’s flagship operating system for its Macintosh computer. Apple describes this release as advancing the world’s most advanced operating system. When I look at some of the highly touted features, its hard not to point out that these features have been [...]
Quick Tip: How to Defragment Your Hard Drive
Defragmenting is one of the maintenance tasks you have most certainly heard about when it comes to using Windows, but not everyone knows how it works or how to defragment your hard drive. What is Defragmenting? Disk Defragmenter rearranges fragmented data so your disks and drives can work more efficiently. When you don’t fragment your [...]
Switching to OS X from Window: the Fun and Frustrations
The first time I saw Microsoft Windows was in the days of version 2 when it was not much more than a file manager with a few little applications like a calculator and Write. That’s a little exaggerated, but not much. The point is I’ve been a hard-core Windows guy for more than 17 years. Switching to a [...]
Windows 7 Year in Review – A Look Back after 240 Million Licenses Sold
It seems like just yesterday Windows 7 was released to manufacturing. Time flies indeed! I remember my first experience with Windows 7 which was the developer preview build 6801 released at the Microsoft Public Developer Conference in October 2008. Of course, it was still early in the development phase and you didn’t see a lot [...]
Jolicloud 1.0 Netbook OS Now Available
Jolicloud just released Jolicloud 1.0, an operating system designed for netbook, as a free download for use with your netbook. Last month, we covered Netbook News’ hands-on preview of the Linux-based netbook operating system. It is designed to run on most netbooks in a dual-boot environment, meaning that users can use Jolicloud in cohorts with [...]
Jolicloud 1.0 Hands On Video
Sascha Pallenberg from NetbookNews (page in German) got a hold of the new unreleased Jolicloud 1.0 update and quickly installed it on his new Acer Aspire One 533 and tested it out. Fortunately for us he documented the newest version of JoliCloud on video. Here is Pallenberg’s initial hands on with JoliCloud 1.0 video, scroll down for more [...]
MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks ready for developers
MeeGo, the new operating system created from the merging of Nokia Maemo and Intel Moblin, is at its first release, MeeGo 1.0. From the press release: MeeGo v1.0 is available for download at MeeGo.com to the developer community. MeeGo v1.0 delivers a wealth of Internet, computing and communication features with rich graphics, multi-tasking capabilities and Google [...]
Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade Unlocking more benefits
Today we take a look at the improved Windows Anytime Upgrade feature in Windows 7, first introduced in Vista. The Windows Team did an excellent job with the user experience. I attempted it once under Vista when I tried to do Anytime Upgrade from Vista Home Basic to Business on my sister in laws notebook, but discovered this was not supported. I got an opportunity to take it for a spin under Windows 7 to see if was improved and I must say I am very impressed and I know you will be too if the need arises.
