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• Build the Perfect Windows Vista PC, Part 2: Design Considerations and Parts...Parts...Parts

  In part 1 of this arc I presented a view of the discovery and requirements analysis process that goes into building a perfect PC - where learning how a PC was going to be used and by whom was the goal. That process drives context and provides not just... Posted Mar 14 2008, 03:34 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, Windows Vista, Windows, Opinion, Vista Networking, PC, Personal Computers, Windows Vista Ultimate, Ultimate, Computers, 64 bit, x64

• Build the Perfect Windows Vista PC, Part 1: Discovery and Requirements

  BBAMF64 - Big, Bold, Agile, and Massively Fun What, you thought that a four-letter word for intercourse wasn't "talk"? I thought I'd share a small arc about what it is to build not just a computer, but the perfect PC . A lot of IT professionals... Posted Mar 07 2008, 03:05 PM by admin with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Windows Vista, Opinion, Vista Networking, PC, Windows Vista Ultimate, Ultimate, The PC

• Vista, It is what it is...

  Next to, "You today, me tomorrow..." it is what it is has to be my favorite saying. Windows Vista is what it is... and while it is just an operating system , it is at the center of a pretty important ecosystem and relevant to nearly all of us... Posted Feb 21 2008, 05:54 PM by admin with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Windows Vista, Opinion, Solve PC Problems, The PC, Snark Attack

• What we'll see this year

  The year is only getting started and if we have our way, it will be among the most exciting years we've ever seen. We've completed our very own Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software suite - "Sovereign" as it is called internally... Posted Feb 19 2008, 06:23 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: people, Opinion, Personal Computers, Revision3, Views, 2008 Predictions

• Gritty Nits - Fix Internet Explorer 7 Crashes in Vista

  A lot of you may have seen Internet Explorer crash "Internet Explorer has stopped working" when closing the browser in Windows Vista. It happens all too often and while it no longer takes the operating system out with it, it is still annoying... Posted Jan 29 2008, 06:19 PM by admin with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, Windows Vista, Opinion, Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Monitor, Personal Computers, Windows Vista Ultimate, IE 7, Fix IE, Fix IE 7

• It's all about the software, stupid...

  It always has been... As Bill Gates executed his last CES keynote address, I, like many people, read a few wrap-ups and my share of tech-journalist's reviews. I was bored witless - not with the keynote, but the press following it. When they get it... Posted Jan 08 2008, 06:11 AM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: Opinion, CES, Software

• What's Wrong With Windows? Why Live Matters...

  "People don't want a waitress and a cook - people want a chef that is also a nutritionist!" - Windows Live may well be all of these... Technically there isn't much wrong with Windows at all - it's a great operating system and it... Posted Dec 29 2007, 10:31 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: YAB, Vista, Windows Vista, Windows, Opinion, Windows Live

• The Case FOR and AGAINST Windows Vista

  Did you ever wish you were wrong? I mean, really wrong? When BETA 2 for Windows Longhorn Vista shipped, I installed it as I had many previous development and testing versions of the new operating system. I wrote, and crazily so, that Vista was going to... Posted Dec 27 2007, 07:01 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: YAB, Vista, Windows Vista, Opinion, Vista Security, Personal Computers, Windows Vista Ultimate, Computers, Windows Vista Business

• Reviewing Reviewers

  Most Microsoft software reviews suck serious ass. There's no other way to describe the crap that passes for reviews. Far too many bloggers' reviews are based upon VM derived impressions of the software displayed. A few screen shots are added to... Posted Dec 16 2007, 11:51 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: Opinion, Personal Computers, Customer Colleagues, Support, Views, Computers, Development

• Skewered by the SKU

  Perhaps too much has been written about the number and type of SKU's Microsoft released for Windows Vista - so why I am adding to the din now... Many attempted to explain why the larger number of available SKU's was bad, or what one would be trading... Posted Dec 16 2007, 08:30 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, Windows Vista, Windows, Opinion, Windows Vista Ultimate, Business, Windows Vista Business

• Vista's Asshats!

  In the context of Windows Vista, an "Asshat" is a person who steals the operating system, uses it illegally, never patches it - ever, and then complains about it endlessly and publicly. There are of course, degrees of Asshat-edness, orders,... Posted Dec 12 2007, 06:54 PM by admin with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: people, Vista, Opinion, Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Monitor, asshats, trolls

• The Wild Wild Web

  The World Wide Web is a reflection of who and what we are and it isn't always an attractive image. Increasingly, the web not only reflects the worst in man, it seems to be inviting it. Hiding behind apparent anonymity and gross corruption of the liberties... Posted Dec 11 2007, 03:45 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: people, YAB, why Blog, lketchum, our team, Opinion, Views, forums

• Hardware as a Service - Selling a Lifestyle

  Selling a lifestyle that includes and uses personal computers, provides that computers are delivered as turn-key companions that are connected to a wide range of secure-only communications, personal and team productivity and entertainment services. Hardware... Posted Oct 23 2007, 09:04 PM by admin with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: why Blog, Vista, Features, Windows Vista, Opinion, Vista Security, Outlook, Vista Networking, Local Builders, Windows Vista Ultimate, Exchange 2007, Outlook 2007, Customer Colleagues, HaaS, Hardware as a Service, Computers

• Revenge of the Vista's Update 1

  UPDATED: 29 Jan, 2008 Woo Hoo! Microsoft has begun to produce some compelling material and media designed to educate business owners about the risks inherent to the use of illegal software. They have produced from very slick and informative animations... Posted Oct 22 2007, 05:22 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: people, Features, Windows Vista, Windows, Top Ten, Opinion, Performance and Reliability Monitor, Windows Vista Performance and Reliability Monitor, Security, Vista Networking, PC, Windows Vista Ultimate, Ultimate, Reliable, Customer Colleagues, Support, Jim Louderback, Training

• Ending the Blame Game - Driving Your Own Car!

  Ed Bott, in a discussion thread in response to one of his blog postings about " No more Vista whining, please " revealed something very troubling - Ed twice stated that he was offered and could make "Big Bucks" if he wrote articles... Posted Aug 23 2007, 03:36 PM by admin with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, Windows Vista, Windows, Opinion, Vista Security, Personal Computers, Windows Vista Ultimate, Ultimate, Customer Colleagues, Support, Jim Louderback, Training