Windows Vista
Microsoft has finally released their newest concoction – Windows Vista. They’ve been developing it for the past six years. We haven’t had a chance to test it yet, but we will soon enough. All new PCs will be shipping with it as of now (January 30, 2007). Our current recommendation is to ignore it – stick with Windows XP, unless you’re completely upgrading your system. We’re concerned there may be software incompatibilities between Vista and other Windows-compatible software, not to mention the fact that the interface and usability will be altogether foreign to a non-techie. Here’s an excellent article from the NY Times written by computer guru David Pogue:
New York Times, December 16, 2006: STATE OF THE ART; Vista WinsOn Looks. As for Lacks…
And another rather scathing article regarding Bill Gates and Vista:
Bill Gates loses his grip on reality
Still yet another article pointing to problems with Vista: the version you pay for may not be what you get, despite assurances from Microsoft;
Freeing up Storage in Windows
In today’s digital world, computers can fill up fast with an assortment of pictures, MP3s, and videos whose files consume large portions of a hard drive. Unfortunately, other files and programs can fill up available storage space with unnecessary files. A few programs in Windows can take care of this problem and optimize your computer’s storage space. Read more
Managing storage of photos, music & video
Question:
I was hoping to get my PC to you for a clean-up and also to help us deal with memory shortage. We got a new digital camera recently and the photos are considerably larger than our former camera’s photos. I went to check the memory the other day and we we were down to 3% left! Read more