Fifty Reasons Why the Vista Era Did Happen, Indeed
Harry McCracken lists the Sixteen Reasons the Windows Vista Era Never Quite Happened. I almost agree with him, except that I do have 50 reasons to remember the Vista Era: it is the Fifty bucks ransom I paid to get out of this nightmare called Vista. So, yes, it happened. But it won’t be missed. [...]
Your Ransom to Break Free of Vista: $50 Win7 Upgrade – Catch it While You Can
Fellow Windows Vista victims, there’s light at the end of the tunnel: we may soon set ourselves free and only have to pay a $50 ransom. I just did. It has been obvious for quite a while that Microsoft simply abandoned Vista and it’s users, and instead of releasing Vista SP3, or Vista Final, it [...]
Microsoft Bans Netbook Use When the Sun is Shining, the Sky is Blue and on Weekends
Which is about now… so in compliance, I am typing this on a desktop. Joke apart, the latest Decree From The Monopolist: hybrid netbooks (both SSD and harddisk) are banned from sale with Windows XP Home edition. No kidding. Nothing new, of course, just another attempt in a series of blows by Microsoft to try [...]
It’s a Sony, and It’s a Netbook. How to Turn Your Dead Weight Windows Notebook Into a Speedy Netbook.
No, it’s not a P-Series, which Sony makes a point of calling a Lifestyle PC, not a Netbook anyway. But I do have a nimble, fast Sony Netbook: a PCG FXA49. It’s my old, reliable notebook purchased about 7 years ago. It suffered from Windows Disease, the most commonly known symptom of which is the [...]
