Dell Vostro 1400 blue screens on windows update after clean install
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Category: OS
Mac vs win-PC article on PCworld nails some good points
Priceless- http://www.pcworld.com/article/163836/eight_reasons_your_next_computer_should_be_a_pc.html There are many many other reasons the cycle won’t be broken. Macs are cool, just not going to dominate. Home users tend to buy what they have at work. Mac refuses to support old OS and software choices. Too many businesses get stuck in a rut where they run an old Windows OS [...]
Microsoft fails to deliver Windows 7 beta… surprised?
I would like to offer M$ a bargain. Call me before you launch something and ask what I think you need to prepare… Offering Windows 7 beta isos at 2.2GB a piece? I’d say you better have a ton of akamai servers out there if you are still refusing to do the logical thing and [...]
Iphones can not be trusted for corporate data security
I just posted this on spiceworks: Iphones cannot do data encryption. In my opinion this is an auditors dream. SOX, HIPAA, DOD, PCI compliant companies can’t use an Iphone. So every health care, publicly traded company, payment card industry and a LOT of government. Companies who value their intellectual property can’t use an Iphone. So [...]
Mac OSX Snow Leopard
So the only new cool thing in the VISTA of Mac OSX is Exchange support. How funny is it that the best and only notable “feature” is support for exchange? Snow Leopard is all bug fixes to cover up the fact that Leopard screwed things up a la vista. It was a big old clusterf$&* that shows [...]
System shootout $10k workstation mac vs windows vs linux
Look a cheaper better workstation from a linux or windows machine vs a sorry mac pro. Funny what happens when you compare the same gear to the same gear. This is on 5/27/08. I added a page bitching about systemshootouts.org while coming up with this short list of the important stuff and leaving out the [...]
Some linux observations
I’ve been working with linux a bit and trying to make a list of things that are holding it back from being a windows replacement. I think linux is very cool and a good tool for certain jobs. If any linux peeps happen to stop by, maybe you can get to work. I’d like to [...]
Windows Vista SP1 is out
If it doesn’t show up in your windows update list, download drivers, install, try again. If that doesn’t work, download it here.
MS Exchange 2003 needs WINS!
Another argument about this today. This is a giant weak spot in a clustered redundant Exchange 2003 environment. WINS is super easy to run and really easy to replicate. Here is an MS article updated 5 months ago to show you why you should do it. If you run a big environment you are asking [...]