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Now *that’s* a computer

That Lenovo has been on a roll lately is an understatement of epic proportions, but their latest computer, the ThinkPad W Series mobile workstation is … I mean, wow. Yeah, it’s a big boy. It’s got a 17-inch screen and a power adapter that would have a hard time fitting in the back of my VW. But it’s...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-14-2008
Norton Takes on Vista's User Account Control

So this is interesting . I can’t stand Norton, for whatever that’s worth, but they’ve shipped a User Account Control tool that seeks to replace the one that’s in Windows Vista (!). Yikes. User Account Control (UAC) is a new security feature in Microsoft Windows Vista that changes the architecture of...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-10-2008
MDOP 2008 R2 now available

Microsoft’s centralized desktop management tool has been updated to R2 and is now available to SA customers: Just a week after my colleague Shanen Boettcher wrote about virtualization and its role in the Optimized Desktop, specifically announcing the RTM of Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, commonly...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-06-2008
The great virtualization experiment

I just purchased a Dell Optiplex 755 PC to use as a server in my home environment. This was necessitated by a few things, including the need to test Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 (see my recent screenshot gallery ), Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Small Business Server 2008, and Essential Business Server...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-04-2008
Picking a Microsoft document sync solution

Obviously this is fodder for a future article, but here's a mile-high view of Microsoft's three document sync solutions. Right now, the company makes three: Live Mesh (pre-beta "technical preview") Windows Live FolderShare Beta SyncToy 2.0 For starters, they're all free. The first...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-14-2008
Apple fixes BSOD problem it caused with iTunes 8

I love the advice on this one: " If you installed iTunes 8 on Windows Vista and if you experienced a blue screen of death (BSOD) crash, then you may want this update . Yeah, you might. :) Symptoms After installing iTunes 8 for Windows, some users may see a blue screen error message when connecting...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-12-2008
There's a Velociraptor in my PC

A Western Digital VelociRaptor , that is. My desktop PC is almost two years old now. (I purchased it back in October 2006.) It's an HP Pavilion m7690y tower machine with a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo E6600 processor, so it's getting a bit long in the tooth, though it's been very reliable overall....

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-31-2008
SyncToy v2.0

I've been using and recommending SyncToy 2.0 Beta for a while now, but I just noticed it went final a few weeks back: Brief Description SyncToy helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily. Overview SyncToy 2.0 for Windows is available as a free...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-28-2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

The IE Blog reports on the long-awaited Beta 2 release of IE 8 : We’re excited to release IE8 Beta 2 today for public download. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 . Please try it out! You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-27-2008
It's easy to grow when you're small

I've repeatedly mentioned, both here and in my previous Internet Nexus blog, that Apple's phenomenal year-over-year quarterly growth in Mac sales won't translate into significant market share gains. And of course, the ongoing PC market share data backs that up . It's easy to grow when...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-03-2008

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