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Windows XP SP3 Shows 10% Performance Gains
No wonder Microsoft held XP SP3 release back so damn long, exo.blog benchmarked it using the OfficeBench benchmark and an XP Pro install with SP3 applied actually shows a 10% speed increase over it’s existing SP2 install. (Shorter bars better): That’s a pretty damning result following closely on the heals of Vista SP1 showing no performance improvements [...]
Continue reading...Windows Vista SP1 Performance a Bust
Monday, November 19, 2007
exo.blog did some testing of the Vista SP1 Release Candidate that was released recently and found the performance overall was almost completely unchanged between the RTM version and this SP1 version. So for the folks that sit and stare that that goddamn progress bar while Vista takes 4x longer to copy the images off your camera, [...]
Continue reading...Technology Reviews
Friday, November 16, 2007
Welcome to the Technology Reviews section. Below you will find reviews for computer software, hardware, online services and anything else related to technology. Hardware Dell 3008 WFP 30″ LCD Review OLPC (On Laptop Per Child) Laptop Review Onkyo DS-A2 iPod Dock Review Software Adobe Captivate Review and Screencasting Alternatives Blu-ray Profile 1.1 Features & Functionality Review Box.net: Great setup, huge let down Vongo [...]
Continue reading...Updating Drivers Can Cause Vista Deactivation
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Laurence Hartje just sent along an awesome post from James Bannan over at APC Mag. I’ll give you a hint what it’s about: Microsoft is fucking retarded. Give it a read: Just over a month ago I swapped over the graphics card on my Vista Ultimate box. There were some new DirectX 10-based titles out and I [...]
Continue reading...Vista to Ubuntu Migration Superguide
Monday, October 22, 2007
NOTE: Ashton’s guide is for Ubuntu 6.06, a lot of things he disliked in the guide have been taken care of in either 7.04 or 7.10, the newest release. While the guide has some good information in it, please keep in mind that some of the “wtf” gripes he may have may not exist any [...]
Continue reading...Intel Turbo Memory Not Until 2008
Thursday, June 7, 2007
For those of you waiting on Intel’s Turbo Memory (ReadyDrive, ReadyBoost, etc.) bit-tech reports that manufacturers have given a resounding “Not until 2008 at the earliest” to the question of “When?!”. The idea behind “Turbo Memory” and all this jargon is simply this: Use flash-memory attached to the computer via a PCI-Express slot as a “faster than [...]
Continue reading...New Vista Laptops Take Ages to Boot
Friday, April 6, 2007
The Wall Street Journal did a piece on a new Sony Vaio that the author got with Windows Vista on it and how sluggish the laptop is overall. My favorite quote from the article is: I also was shocked at how long this machine took to restart and to do a cold start after being completely [...]
Continue reading...Why Windows Vista Sucks
Monday, January 22, 2007
IntelliAdmin put up a pretty good review of 5 things that are maddening about Vista and why it still sucks and I agree with every single one of them. I’ve ran Vista since Beta 2, and RC2 and now RTM and I will sum up the entire Vista experience for you in a nutshell: Vista is Windows [...]
Continue reading...Windows Vista, Detailed Review & Features
Monday, December 4, 2006
Ok so the reviews of Vista are slowly trickling out and the two things that are surprising me are: The reviews so far are extremely positive Microsoft kept quite a bit of polish and enhancements out of the public beta builds that made their way into the final build (like the brand new icons) that really added [...]
Continue reading...Great Windows Vista Matrix and Feature Breakdown
Thursday, November 9, 2006
As you know there are going to be 7 or 8 versions of Vista available. It’s hard to figure out which one is right for you. The versions are presented in sort of a smallest-to-greatest fashion, but when you actually look at the feature breakdown, that’s not the case at all. For example, the ones [...]
Continue reading...GNOME-Vista 2.16
Friday, September 1, 2006
FootNotes is asking for screenshots of your 2.15.x or 2.16 beta desktop to be included in the new GNOME 2.16 release notes showing off some of the new features. You can make your submissions here, but you can check out the submissions people have already posted here. One that really struck my fancy was the “Ubuntu [...]
Continue reading...Windows Vista Prices Leaked
Monday, August 28, 2006
Well it looks like the Windows Vista prices have been leaked and things are looking a little bleak: Full Version Vista Ultimate $450 Vista Business $341 Vista Home Premium $269 Vista Home Basic $233 Upgrade Version Vista Ultimate Upgrade $269 Vista Business Upgrade $224 Vista Home Premium Upgrade $179 Vista Home Basic Upgrade $116 Update #1: You can download Build 5536 (pre-RC1 release of Vista) now. Update [...]
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
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