It’s back to school time! If you’re looking for a great deal on a laptop this is is. Dell is offering a beefy i5 Studio 15 laptop with a 15.6″ LED display for only $699 when you checkout with code HKV$VFLSQZ$PLG and ?8CN$RJ?W5TQ0C. You even get free shipping!
With Tax time rapidly approaching its nice to know a little procrastination just saved you a few bucks. Amazon has Turbotax Deluxe Federal + State + Elite for only $46.49 minus a $10 rebate making your total just $36.49 with free shipping with Amazon Prime.
Those running Windows XP need to be aware of a new-found critical vulnerability with all versions of IE. The exploit starts with a pop-up asking the user to hit the F1 key, at which point arbitrary code could run causing all kinds of havoc. If you get this popup, simply close it. No fix yet from Microsoft but look for one soon.
Apple finally released bootcamp drivers that support Windows 7! Grab them now via Apple Software Update.
Bought a new laptop from Bestbuy lately? Did the salesperson try to sell you a $40 optimization service? The package is supposed to remove trialware and make your system faster. According to Consumer Reports the results of the Geek Squad optimization made no difference in the overall system performance, and in some cases it was worse! What they’re doing that could make the system slower is a mystery.
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Whenever I get a call from a customer regarding a broken workstation the first thing I always ask is “Do you have a backup?” About 99% of the time the answer is no. Truth is most people don’t consider a backup solution until they’ve already lost precious data. I can’t stress how important it is to keep current backups in case of accidental data loss, spyware / virus infections or hard drive failures. We’re all busy these days and let’s be honest, backup is something we don’t often think about. For those people a Windows Home Server is just for you.
Chrome has become the default browser on my Windows 7 laptop so I’m thrilled to finally see the beta released for the Mac environment!
Squaretrade just released a report about laptop reliability and the results are shocking to say the least. According to the report one out of every 3 laptops die within the first 3 years of ownership. Netbooks are even worse. The most reliable brands? ASUS and Toshiba. The least? HP.
If you’re looking for a good laugh this Monday check out this site which lists hilarious autocomplete Google searches. Makes you wonder what the heck people are searching these days. =)
Firefox can cause overheating problems on some laptops according to a documented Mozilla support page. Oh boy. Remember all the things we liked about FF when it was released 6 years ago? It was light, fast and secure by obscurity when compared to Microsoft’s almighty Internet Explorer. Funny things happen in the browser market. With each passing version FF has gotten fatter and fatter, eventually growing into another IE itself. This recent news about overheating problems are only going to make things worse. In all fairness to Mozilla, the problem is mostly on ultra-portable laptops such as the Macbook Air and Dell Adamo because they often sacrifice heat dissipation for packaging. But other browsers such as Google Chrome and Apple Safari have no problems on these laptops. Go figure.
25 years ago Sun Microsystems envisioned a time when the network will become the computer. Well it took some time but Google is poised to make that dream a reality for the everyday user. As more and more of our lives evolve around the internet the Mt View based company will be introducing an OS that boots in seconds straight into a browser. No applications to install as everything you work on is in the “cloud”. Check out the video and see what you think.
Oct 29
Ok it won’t exactly fit in your pocket, but Acer’s new 23″ monitor is one of the first devices to take advantage of Windows 7 multi-touch controls. Complete with full 1920×1080 resolution, 2ms response time and unrealistic contrast ratio of 80,000:1.
Anandtech put together a comprehensive Windows 7 performance guide and the results are interesting to say the least. While 7 is bring touted in the press like Tom Brady, turns out its only marginally faster than Vista. Those in the industry can’t be too surprised since much of 7′s architecture is based on Vista. Speed aside, there are plenty of reasons to upgrade, or if you’re like most people 7 will be pre-installed with your next computer.
Gotta love Apple for poking fun on Microsoft’s big Windows 7 launch day. ;)
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