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Fifty Reasons Why the Vista Era Did Happen, Indeed

Fifty Reasons Why the Vista Era Did Happen, Indeed

By Zoli Erdos on August 10, 2009

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. […]

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged microsoft, operating system, os, vista, vista era, vista final, vistasucks, win7, windows, windows 7, windows xp, winxp

Your Ransom to Break Free of Vista: $50 Win7 Upgrade – Catch it While You Can

Your Ransom to Break Free of Vista: $50 Win7 Upgrade – Catch it While You Can

By Zoli Erdos on June 26, 2009

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 […]

Posted in Analysis, Marketing | Tagged microsoft, operating system, os, vista, vista final, vistasucks, win7, windows, windows 7, windows upgrade, windows xp, winxp | 6 Responses

Microsoft Bans Netbook Use When the Sun is Shining, the Sky is Blue and on Weekends

Microsoft Bans Netbook Use When the Sun is Shining, the Sky is Blue and on Weekends

By Zoli Erdos on June 7, 2009

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 […]

Posted in General | Tagged hybrid storage, microsoft, monopoly, netbook, netbooks, ssd, win7, windows 7, windows xp, winxp

It’s a Sony, and It’s a Netbook. How to Turn Your Dead Weight Windows Notebook Into a Speedy Netbook.

It’s a Sony, and It’s a Netbook. How to Turn Your Dead Weight Windows Notebook Into a Speedy Netbook.

By Zoli Erdos on May 21, 2009

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 […]

Posted in General | Tagged laptop, nebook, nlite, notebook, pc performance, slipstreaming, sony, vaio, win xp, windows disease, windows installation, windows xp, xp | 1 Response

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