Archive for the 'Hardware' Category
Vista Aero: What a CPU Hog!
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Microsoft’s new Aero Glass GUI - one of the cornerstones of the company’s Windows Vista marketing message - is a joy to behold. Aero’s sleek, semi-transparent facades serve to enhance the user experience by providng a stronger sense of "depth" and cohesion. Combined with Vista’s enhanced UI metaphors (love those "breadcrumbs" in explorer), Aero is [...]
Build a premium Vista PC - step by step
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Late last year I wrote Build your dream PC and not get ripped off and it was basically a component guide for a high to super high-end gaming PC. Some readers asked for a mainstream business, graphics design, or regular home computer. Well this article should answer that call along with the component [...]
Vista Upgrade Edition is lame by design
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Arstechnica is reporting that Windows Vista Upgrade edition will not permit "clean" installs like all previous versions of Windows Upgrade editions. This is another one of those "what were you thinking" moments for Microsoft management similar to their bone headed decision to lock the retail version of Vista to one hardware migration.
Microsoft and the Vista Notebook Saga
Friday, January 19th, 2007Things are still looking a little bumpy for Microsoft. It seems like they are really struggling for a break of positive news with regard to Vista. Now to be fair, I think that a lot of the stuff you read about considering Windows Vista tends to be a little overblown. A concern to be sure, [...]
Upgrading Your Hardware For Windows Vista
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007You might be ready to move to Windows Vista, but is your PC? Microsoft’s new operating system, due to appear on store shelves over the coming weeks, will make some hefty demands on computer hardware. Conservative estimates from research group Softchoice and others suggest that at least 50 per cent of PCs currently in use [...]
Buying a Computer for Vista … and Beyond
Friday, January 12th, 2007Once upon a time, you could buy a computer that, despite being technically obsolete the minute you got it home, could still be useful for years and years to come. Lately, however, technology has been gaining speed on good judgment. Do the words "accelerated amortization" sound familiar? Whether you’re an individual buying your own PC [...]
NVIDIA GeForce Delivers for Microsoft Windows Vista
Thursday, January 11th, 2007NVIDIA GeForce graphics processors have been selected to deliver the ultimate visual experience in innovative touch-enabled HP entertainment PCs designed for Microsoft Windows Vista. Unlike standard PC processors, NVIDIA GeForce graphics processors are designed to deliver smooth HD video, vivid pictures and realistic 3D animation while increasing overall system performance in Microsoft Windows Vista and [...]
How to detect RAM problems to stabilize Vista
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007I had a rough weekend testing Vista RTM on multiple hardware configurations because of some minor hardware issues that never surfaced previously. It appears that Vista is extremely sensitive to any kind of memory error possibly because of ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). It turned out that I had a faulty address block [...]
Vista is Fast If You Have the Hardware
Saturday, December 30th, 2006With Microsoft’s Windows Vista finally released to manufacturers and on the verge of making its way to retail, we can at last get down to the business of examining precisely how well the new OS performs. In our first tests, we discovered that while Vista’s hardware requirements may be steep, it should run just fine–even [...]
Buying a PC for Vista will get tricky
Thursday, December 14th, 2006It’s never been easy to buy a new personal computer when you don’t know exactly how much computing power you’re really going to need. Gamers and heavy-duty video editors should buy the most PC they can afford, but others have no real guidelines.
With Windows Vista coming soon, it’s going to become more complicated.
Microsoft has tried [...]
