Category: os x to vista
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I have a dirty little secret to confess
I never thought I’d say this but I’m using my Vista machine more than my Mac these days! Why? Well, there are a number of reasons – the Vista machine is a Vaio SZ3. It is small, light and has a significantly better battery life than my 15′ MacBook Pro so I’m far more likely…
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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 6
Good news for a change! I received an email from Miel Van Opstal alerting me to the fact that NVIDIA has updated its video driver for the Vaio (Miel is the guy in charge of the Vaio Influencer program in Microsoft). Previously SecondLife refused to run on the Vaio because of video driver issues. Steve…
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Windows Live OneCare is a POS
Windows Live OneCare is a fantastic idea. Write buggy insecure software and then charge the people who buy your software extra if they want to buy OneCare, which is supposed to protect them from the errors you created in the first place. Anyone else see a conflict of interest here? Why fix the software, when…
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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 5
I love having lots of screen space. My MacBook Pro has a maximum screen resolution of 1440×900, which, while not great, is better than the 1280×800 maximum on the Vaio which Microsoft sent me. To get the most out of these screen resolutions on the Mac, I position the Dock on the right hand side…
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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 4
I know, I know, I didn’t post anything yesterday so this should be Day 5 but I wasn’t using the Vista machine yesterday, I was using the Mac for a Keynote presentation I was giving. Powerpoint has nothing on Keynote. Today I wanted to run Second Life on the Vista machine but ran into the…
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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 3
I know it is a cliche that you don’t really realise just how much you love something until it is gone but I am proving that true with this move to Vista from OS X! What is it that I miss so much? Exposé! Exposé is a fabulous, much underrated feature of OS X whereby…
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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 2
It is taking me a while to get into this Vista machine. On the Mac, I live in browsers (I generally have 4 running) and email. The browsers on Vista are pretty much the same as they are on the Mac but the email experience is very different. The main choices I have for email…
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Another Vista bug?
I have discovered another issue with Vista which may well be a bug. If not, then the OS is certainly not behaving as expected. On a pc the standard key combo for switching between apps and windows is Alt + Tab. Vista is no different. On holding down Alt and pressing Tab you are presented…