Windows 7 On The Apricot Netbook
Blog I haven't tried sticking Vista on the Apricot PicoBook Pro - I'm fairly confident it would be a disaster - but Windows 7 actually seems to work on the bloody thing! Anyway, the last thing I wrote about the Apricot netbook was that it was no longer...
[November 19, 2008, 10:31]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog So, after reading all of the recent posts about Vista SP1 being available "Real Soon Now" (which made me aware that there are some Vista updates that must be installed before SP1 will install), and reading David Long's good article about...
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Although the system came preloaded with Windows Vista Business, the recovery media included both Vista and XP Pro disks, and there was a page included titled "Downgrade Rights for Microsoft Windows Vista Business" which states that the owner has...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
Acer One Runs Vista! But Not For Long.
Blog Great I thought to myself, lets get XP pro on the thing and we'll be flying along. I've been doing some work for a reseller of late and one of the items that I came across was a 4 gb Acer one net book with an install of vista running.
[December 4, 2008, 7:18]
Windows XP Embedded Standard 2009 CTP#1 & CTP#2
Blog All without having to continue to allow Windows XP Pro to be sold instead of Wista. them that Windows XP Embedded was finally going to get IE7 in component form, the MS marketing nimrods got into the mix and decided to change the name of the...
[August 14, 2008, 1:58]
OS Scratch Load Times
Blog Once the "Run Once" utility is done, I have to remove a couple of Fujitsu devices and drivers which block Vista SP1 from installing, then I can turn Windows Update loose on it. I've also learned the hard way that it is best not to have the system...
[November 20, 2008, 7:59]
Vista Memory Leak?
Blog I've been running Vista Business on my Lifebook S6510 for several weeks now, and overall I'm pleased - at least pleased enough to keep it this time, rather than retreating to XP Pro again. I'm wondering if anyone else has seen anything that looks...
[April 17, 2008, 13:39]
XP SP3 Is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog It should not require all of the effort I and others in the company have had to expend to make a volume license image of XP Pro work with SP3. Worker droid status in the Zombie armies of the Internet is the ultimate fate of all of the 500 to 600...
[June 21, 2008, 13:54]
Vista Vs XP
Blog Comment My guess is that if somebody goes and asks DELL what the ratio of XP to Vista sales are, you won't get an answer since I'm sure Microsoft has shut them up. When they come in with Vista on them, they go out into the rental fleet with XP Pro.
[July 30, 2008, 12:48]
Software Jihad
Blog Comment Install WIndows Search 4.0 and Google desktop at the same time on an XP Pro system. Vista was supposed to have a SQL Server sort of engine driving the file system. Imagine how slow Vista would be on a system trying to run SQL queries every time you...
[November 4, 2008, 7:19]
Vista Vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog So, I spent the morning putting back in the disk with XP Pro, which I had swapped out at the beginning of this month when I got Vista SP1 to install. I've said many times before, I like using Vista, and I really want it to be as good as, or better...
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
