PC Magazine is advocating a bring your own laptop, with your own software approach to business. It likens it to mechanics who bring their own tools. The trouble is that while mechanical tools in a toolbox operate autonomously and don’t interfere with one another, software residing on a computer does.
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The trouble with bringing your own software
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 3, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/05/the-trouble-with-bringing-your-own-software/
Don’t read too much into the PC sales drop just yet
If you’ve been paying any attention at all, you probably know that new PC sales are in the toilet–out of the five biggest vendors, the only one whose sales managed to hold steady in Q1 2013 was Lenovo, while the other four saw a sales decline. So now Slashdot linked to a ZDNet piece stating [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 17, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/04/dont-read-too-much-into-the-pc-sales-drop-just-yet/
Windows 8 won’t fail just because nobody likes Windows upgrades
John C Dvorak wrote today about the great upgrade upheaval, and argued that Windows 8 is doomed to fail because it’s just going to be too hard to upgrade, and nobody likes Windows upgrades anyway. I agree on the first point but not the second.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 4, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/10/windows-8-wont-fail-just-because-nobody-likes-windows-upgrades/
Windows 8 comes out later this year, but I won’t be moving just yet
So Windows 8 was released today. I won’t be moving to it anytime soon. There are some people who make a habit of waiting for Service Pack 1 to be released before upgrading to a new version of Windows. The trouble is, I can think of one instance, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 1, that [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 1, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/08/windows-8-comes-out-later-this-year-but-i-wont-be-moving-just-yet/
Move the print spool directory to your ramdisk
You can improve the speed of printing slightly and, depending on the nature of your print jobs, dramatically reduce disk writes by moving the print spooler to a ramdisk. It’s a little performance tweak you might have never heard of, but it’s helpful. This trick works best with a ramdisk product that loads a disk [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 21, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/03/move-the-print-spool-directory-to-your-ramdisk/
Microsoft’s leaked roadmap
Microsoft is getting aggressive with Windows release dates, and I can’t help but wonder if it’s going to put a damper on future sales. Windows 8 is coming out in August, which was a poorly kept secret anyway. That can’t be helping Windows 7 sales, but at this point I think Microsoft is mostly concerned [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 3, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/11/microsofts-leaked-roadmap/
Toggle between two hosts files with a simple script
A longtime reader wrote in asking if it was possible to easily toggle between two hosts files. There are several possible uses for this. When I’m at home, I need to address my web site by its internal, private IP address. On the road, that private address obviously doesn’t work. He wants something like this [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 21, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/09/toggle-between-two-hosts-files-with-a-simple-script/
Microsoft: No x86 apps for ARM
So, The Register reports that Windows on ARM will not have compatibility with apps compiled for x86. Intel has been saying this for a while, while Microsoft has been mum. So now we know. There are arguments both for and against having an x86 emulation layer.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 19, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/09/microsoft-no-x86-apps-for-arm/
Consider disabling the DNS Client service if you have a dodgy Internet connection
When I wrote about using ipconfig /flushdns to fix intermittent Internet problems, a longtime reader reported he has the problem frequently on his dialup connection. If you find yourself doing this a lot, there’s a more permanent fix.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 7, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/09/consider-disabling-the-dns-client-service-if-you-have-a-dodgy-internet-connection/
Microsoft sold 400 million Windows 7 licenses; what does it mean?
Steve Ballmer announced today that Microsoft has sold 400 million Windows 7 licenses, but anywhere from half to two-thirds of PCs are still running Windows XP and need to get with the program. He also continues to insist Windows 8 will ship in 2012, which really makes me wonder why those XP users need to [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on July 13, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/07/microsoft-sold-400-million-windows-7-licenses-what-does-it-mean/