operating system

by Rafael Hernandez on January 5, 2012 · 0 comments

Microsoft Windows 8 operating system lock screen image

Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is going to minimize the pain when you, or some nefarious character that isn’t you, have to recover your machine’s OS from whatever mess it happens to be in. The company will be rolling out “refresh” and “reset” options on Windows 8 that will get you back up and running […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 2, 2010 · 0 comments

Windows 7

Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system was designed to be everything that Vista wasn’t. It was executed with an attention to detail rarely seen in most software today (aside from the fine fruit company) and has quickly gathered a large user base thanks to its forward looking feature set. How popular has it been? Well it […]

Read more Windows 7 passes Vista usage rate, taking candy from baby still more difficult

by Rafael Hernandez on March 18, 2010 · 0 comments

Businesses dare not deploy a whole new operating system until they know the bulk of their hardware and software will run, in a stable fashion, on the fancy newly update OS…thus the wait until at least Service Pack 1 rolls around. Microsoft has deemed that line of thinking silly so they’ll be rolling out a […]

Read more Windows 7 SP1 Detailed…sort of

by Rafael Hernandez on November 19, 2009 · 0 comments

Google’s Chrome operating system has been talked about for months and now it’s finally launched…with a few key hoops to go through if you want to run it. Google isn’t supplying any pre-compiled binaries or images for their OS, they’re keeping that for their hardware partners to build suitable machines around. If you want to […]

Read more Google Chrome OS launched, source code released

by Rafael Hernandez on November 19, 2009 · 1 comment

Its been a long time coming. As of October 22nd you could pick up your very own copy of the polished good stuff. Microsoft’s Windows 7 has promised to make your computing usage a kinder, gentler experience and it has the shiny icons to prove it. But with the “dark cloud” Vista hung over the […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on October 18, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 7 operating system is the most polished OS to come from the company, of course it’s going to have to be compared to Apple’s highly polished Snow Leopard operating system which means plenty of fodder for both sides to sling at each other. CNET has tested out both operating systems on a […]

Read more Windows 7 vs Snow Leopard performance testing brings out the fanboy flamewars

by Rafael Hernandez on September 29, 2009 · 0 comments

When netbooks were introduced they saw a number of restrictions if they wanted to run the Windows XP operating system which, given Vista’s hefty requirements, was the only usable Windows choice. This time around they’ve eased up.Microsoft is allowing netbook…

Read more Windows 7 Plays Nice with Netbooks

by Rafael Hernandez on September 13, 2009 · 0 comments

CableCARD is the cable industry’s standard for getting digital content to supported devices such as TVs, and in a few rare cases PCs, instead of having to rely on a large and clunky cable box. Unfortunately the PC option saw…

Read more Windows 7 Users Get CableCARD Support

by Rafael Hernandez on September 1, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system is being touted as the best reason to upgrade from your old XP install clearly trumping the company’s Vista OS by quite a wide margin when it comes to user friendliness and system response.Up until…

Read more Windows 7 A Greener Operating System

by Rafael Hernandez on August 6, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7 has a slew of performance and user friendliness improvements under the hood but figuring out which OS version is right for you or if it’s even worth upgrading your PC to the new operating system gets a…

Read more Everything You Wanted to Know Before Your Windows 7 Upgrade

by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft had been planning to launch a Windows 7 version, dubbed E Edition, for the European Union which lacked any sort of preloaded web browser which would force the user to find a way to get one on to their…

Read more Windows 7 E Edition Dropped, Balloting In