Category: Vista
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Microsoft Vista performance issues
Vista is buggy. That much is obvious to anyone who runs it but it has been improving in stability as the patches are rolled out. However it runs extremely slowly too and this became startlingly obvious to me in the last few weeks as I have been testing browsers on different platforms. It turns out…
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Vista SP1 To cause more problems than it cures?
Microsoft have published a list of programs which it says will be broken by Vista SP1 according to a story on News.com. The applications listed are not the only ones which will be broken it seems and Microsoft is advising anyone who encounters problems to: first restart their PC and, if they still encounter problems,…
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Screaming fast browser II
I wrote a post the other day giving speeds of various browsers running the SunSpider JavaScript Benchnark tests. Since writing the post Firefox has released Firefox 3.0b3 and Robert made me aware in the comments of the previous browser speed post that Opera 9.5 beta was released so I decided to check those two browsers…
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Ubuntu deleted my Windows partition!
I installed Ubuntu (a Linux distro) on my Vaio a few months back and loved it. It was fast, it was stable and I felt I was achieving a certain amount of geeky street cred for using it! Then, more recently there was a new version of Ubuntu released – 7.10. I upgraded to 7.10…
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Microsoft needs a new strategy for its Windows platform
I have Vista installed on this laptop. I haven’t booted up Vista in weeks. Why? Because I installed Ubuntu on another partition and it is so much faster, and more secure (since Microsoft instructed me to remove Norton and then failed to get OneCare to work on this laptop). Many others are eschewing Vista, not…
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Microsoft will Open Source Windows (or die!)
I have said on a number of occasions that Microsoft should Open Source their Windows Operating System (and their Internet Explorer). However, it bears repeating. I realise it is unlikely to happen in the near term but, I firmly believe it will happen in the not-too-distant future (when Microsoft realises that they can’t compete with…
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Backup software for Vista?
I want to install a copy of Ubuntu on my laptop. However, when Vista was installed on it, a single partition was made of the hard drive so if I try to install Ubuntu now, it will overwrite the Vista partition (I assume, anyone knowing better, feel free to jump in!). I presume that what…
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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…