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How To Buy A Cheap Windows PC

How To Buy A Cheap Windows PC

Do not buy a slow Windows PC to save a few dollars. If you get a slow Windows PC, you will become bitter and depressed, people will mute you in Zoom meetings, and you will pound the keyboard with your fists in frustration. Has “Fists Of Frustration” ever been the name...

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COMCAST SPEED INCREASE

Comcast Internet subscribers in the North Bay are getting a free speed increase, and some new choices for even faster Internet connections. Here’s today’s press release. The...

iPHONES AND CARRIERS

I ran across an interesting article about the effect Apple is having on the wireless business. The conventional wisdom has been that AT&T and Verizon are abusing their market...

FIREFOX, CHROME UPDATES

Lots of people have installed Firefox to do their Internet browsing. Sometimes, out of curiosity, I ask people why they use it instead of Internet Explorer. There are people who...

VISTA VS. WINDOWS 7

I’m frequently asked whether to buy a computer now or wait until Windows 7 is available in late October. If you buy a Vista computer now that has the hardware I recommend, you...

INSTALLING USB DEVICES

Microsoft has accumulated a remarkable library of drivers for all the hardware devices and gadgets and gizmos that we hook up to computers with USB cables. The drivers that are...

RICHARD FEYNMAN AND PROJECT TUVA

This is not directly related to computers but it’s a nice thing to know about. Bill Gates announced today that he has made a classic series of lectures by Nobel prize-winning...

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010: THE MOVIE

I’ll write about the features in Microsoft Office 2010 later. For the moment, take these two clips as evidence that Microsoft might actually be able to do cool advertisements....

CHANGE COMES SLOWLY

One of the things that kept Vista from being adopted quickly was a simple problem: once we are used to doing something a certain way, it’s difficult for many people to change....