Oct 7, 2013 | hardware, Lenovo, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows8
Windows tablets have a lot to offer business users whose time is spent using Microsoft Office programs on Windows computers and notebooks. If you slip into Microsoft’s ecosystem, your files will follow you onto the tablet along with your settings and your Internet...
Oct 1, 2013 | Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet
The landscape for tablets has been straightforward for the last year. — Apple supports a rich echosystem of apps with the 10” iPad and increasingly popular 8” iPad Mini, elegant and responsive and expensive. — Android is available on tablets from a...
Sep 3, 2013 | Dell, hardware, laptops, Lenovo, shopping
Dell and Lenovo have released details of new business laptops that take advantage of the latest advances in Intel’s Haswell chipsets to increase speed, reduce weight, and extend battery life. Expect them to be shipping in the next few weeks, along with more new models...
Jul 24, 2013 | computers, hardware, laptops, netbooks, shopping, tablet, Windows8
In the twenty-year history of personal computing, there has always been a reason to wait a few months to buy the Next Big Thing. So let me tell you about the Next Big Thing, but with a disclaimer – if you need a new computer or tablet, go buy a computer or tablet....
Apr 10, 2013 | computers, shopping, updates, WinXP
In exactly one year, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP. There will be no more security updates or patches. Microsoft will stop answering the phone. No more technical support bulletins will be published. Support will also end for Office 2003. If you’re still...
Apr 1, 2013 | computers, hardware, laptops, Microsoft, shopping, Surface, tablet, Windows8
There is finally a strong selection of Windows 8 laptops on the market, but they are mixed with the aging inventory of models that do not take advantage of the improvements in laptop design – lighter weight, thinner profiles, faster hard drives, and touchscreens....