Dick Motorman

July 05, 2009 at 11:01am

bi-weekly is lame

JDK

July 04, 2009 at 2:30pm

If you guys are going to stay bi-weekly then it's a good idea to say so up front.

simplymortified

July 03, 2009 at 7:15pm

Hey are we getting a podcast this week or is it postponed?

Cheers,

Richard

rb3m

June 29, 2009 at 12:08pm

I have XP 64 bits and it was incompatible with lots of things some years ago but nowadays you can find drivers at least for brand-name accessories.

I have iTunes installed on it and with the appropiate 64bit GEAR drivers it can even burn CDs (will still tell you it can't when starting up, but will burn them).  Never tried connecting an iPod or iPhone to it, though. Other things that work in it are my Nostromo n52 controller (you really have to look hard for this driver), the Asus P7141 or something like that TV Tuner, Nero burner, most games (except those with 32-bit copy protection schemes, newish games should work) and, generally, I've found few incompatibilities.

Of course, you still have to look for the drivers, but mostly that's just a Google search away or visiting the manufacturers' sites.

I also have Vista 64 bits and I can't remember that anything has failed to install or run, even if things have needed a bit of coaxing to get running. Sometimes you have to hunt the drivers down, but most things now include 64-bit drivers in the CD.

Selio

June 29, 2009 at 8:25am

BS. You said NO BS. but Snow Leopard and all of the other Mac OS X things are a lot more than service packs, and they don't charge you for a step down in speed, performance, and ease of use. Spotlight, multiple windows, expose updates, more speed, parental controls, less space taken up, better UI for Finder, Better Security, Parental Controls, Stacks, and all the other small things, make a LARGE update, definitely more than a puny service pack. And Apple doesn't charge you for features that SHOULD have been included in the original release (except for iPod Touch users getting OS 3.0, that one is unforgivable, even though I have an iPhone). besides, Windows 7 has maybe, a new UAC setup, faster then Vista (still pretty slow, in my experience, even with a 3 GHz Processor), better compatibility with devices (don't Linux AND Mac OS X have that?), and built in ISO burning. For no less than 50 bucks. great. FANTASTIC. Rip-Off.

Selio

June 29, 2009 at 8:25am

 

Khaled

June 28, 2009 at 7:32am

To get a second language on the OS (And only a second language) I need to pay $130 more? When will Microsoft just have one edition of Windows for the regular users and have another one for "enterprise". Why cause the confusion?

I get a legitimate windows machine but only English interface so I have to use some "methods" to enable it, fix MUI microsoft ...

 

and fix the control panel, it still looks like windows 95 :D with search

hellomms

June 26, 2009 at 10:07pm

 

I usually agree with you but in this case, all I will say is to hold off on this comment until you use Lotus Notes. Worst email client in the world - Lotus

 

 

Dennis44

June 26, 2009 at 9:26pm

I was ordering Home Premium from Costco when I decided to check New Egg. No shipping charge from the Egg so I went for Win7 pro from New Egg.

Dennis

Leif52pickup

June 26, 2009 at 1:46pm

 The problem with the aluminum radiator could certainly be because it is matched with a copper waterblock.

This:  http://www.fourseasonsroofingandsiding.com/mixmetals.htm can happen in a car's radiator or a computer's. 

 Try a web search for "dissimilar metal" for more information.

QUINTIX256

June 26, 2009 at 1:10pm

that "XP mode" is exclusively OEM, and only on bulk orders of Win7Pro PCs to buisnesses for instances where compatibility with buisness critical software would be an issue. Anyone else would have to take their XP disc and install it to a VPC.

 

You can have your recession. I'm not participating.

JDK

June 26, 2009 at 11:53am

When it's all said and done it looks like my work day will be around 16 hours straight today.  I look forward to being able to wind down with the podcast.

 

Thanks for the service guys. 

u217946

June 26, 2009 at 11:45am

If you want Windows 7
Home Premium for $50, or Pro for $100, you'll have to pre-order it.
Here's a list of places where you can find it, starting at 12 midnight
Eastern, 9pm Pacific tonight!

Remember, this is a limited-time offer,
and it only applies to Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7
Professional—not Windows 7 Ultimate, which may be what you've been
running in Beta or RC.

These retailers are also supposed to begin selling Vista systems tonight that will come with a free
Windows 7 upgrade on October 22. In other words, buy it right now, use
it right now, and upgrade in a few months for free. Just do yourself a
favor and ask first, before plunking down cash, because though most
manufacturers and retailers are on board (and why not?), some PC models
may not come with the free upgrade.

The online retailers participating in Microsoft's pre-order Win 7 disc sale starting at midnight Eastern tonight are:
• Amazon
• Best Buy
• Costco
• Fry's Electronics
• Office Depot
• Office Max
• Sam's Club
• Staples
• Tiger Direct
• Walmart
• NewEgg
• Nebraska Furniture Mart (What the?)

In Canada, you can hit:
• Staples
• Future Shop
• Best Buy
• London Drugs
• Amazon
• The Source

And in Japan, the pre-order is available at:
• Yodobashi Camera
• Amazon
• Yamada Denki
• Bic Camera
• and "all small partners" (whatever that means)