I’ve been using virtualization technology for several years now – first with VMWare (Workstation, Server, and Player), and then with VirtualBox. I tried Xen very briefly while looking at OpenSUSE, but never did use it on a day-to-day basis. Until now, I had only ever used desktop OSes (operating systems) (mostly Linux, but some Windows […]
Okay, well, back to Ubuntu!
In my post Returning to Windows After 15+ Years I wrote that I was switching to Windows 7 after using various distributions of Linux or FreeBSD for over 15 years, and provided a brief explanation for the move. After several months it became apparent that the honeymoon with Windows 7 was over, and I wrote […]
MacBook 13.3
I liked the Mac Mini so much that I bought a Apple MacBook 13.3, with an Intel Core2 Duo P7550 at 2.26 GHz, 2 Gb RAM, 250 Gb SATA2 drive, DVD+-R/RW/DL, and WebCam with microphone. I wanted a very portable notebook computer with good battery life so that I could carry it to client sites […]
Life with Windows 7 (so far…)
In a recent blog post titled Returning to Windows After 15+ Years I described why I had abandoned Linux on the desktop in favor of Microsoft Windows 7 Professional. I’ve been living with that decision now for almost 7 months and I’m beginning to think I made a mistake. Don’t get me wrong – Windows […]
The Perfect HTPC (Home Theater PC) is…
…an Apple Mac Mini with 4 Gb of RAM?! Particularly when combined with an iPod or iPhone that has an app installed that is capable of acting as a remote control for FrontRow. Hardware Configuration To help you understand my enthusiasm, it might be helpful to provide an overview of our home entertainment infrastructure. We […]
Six Months with a Motorola Droid
I purchased a Motorola Droid on the day they first became available from Verizon Wireless (VZW) – November 6, 2009. Because my previous contract had expired, I’d been toying with the idea of switching to AT&T to get an iPhone, but when the “Droid Does” ads began to appear I decided to wait and take […]
Returning to Windows after 15+ Years
Recently, Jason Hiner of Tech Republic posted an article on his blog saying that he was moving away from Windows and is now using Ubuntu Linux as his desktop PC’s primary OS (Operating System), with Windows 7 running in a VM (Virtual Machine). This is basically the way I’d had my desktop machine running for […]
The Failed Linux Desktop Migration Effort
The Backstory In December of 2007 I built my wife a very nice PC – Gigabyte AM2 motherboard, a fast AMD Athlon 64 x2 CPU, 4 Gb of dual-channel DDR2 RAM, an nVidia-based PCI Express video card with 512 Mb of onboard RAM, two SATA hard drives (a 160 Gb boot drive and a 750 […]
Preventing the Heartbreak of Lost Data
One of the questions I hear most often from my residential clients as they drop off an ailing PC is, “will I lose all of my pictures?” In many cases, I am able to save most, if not all, of the data on their hard drives (pictures, emails, addresses, browser bookmarks, etc.) My commercial clients […]
Windows 7 is Here!
Well, it’s Oct 22, 2009, and Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft, is here. And, too, are three new “Get a Mac” ads from Apple. The new ads are, of course, available on YouTube (see the embedded videos below). I did receive my full retail package of Windows 7 Ultimate via UPS on […]