4GB of RAM “Nirvana” for Vista

4GB of RAM “Nirvana” for Vista

Short has been beta testing Vista for two years and was at the IBM-oriented Share user group conference in Tampa, Fla., last week discussing some of Vista’s performance requirements. His XP system has 2GB of RAM, which he calls the “sweet spot” for that operating system, but on Vista, […]

Windows Vista Feature Focus: 64-Bit (x64) Support

Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows Vista Feature Focus: 64-Bit (x64) Support

For the most part, the x64 support in each edition is identical. One exception is that they support different amounts of RAM. Vista Home Basic (and Home Basic N) with support up to 8 GB of RAM, compared to 4 GB for all […]

Windows Vista upgrade guide

Windows Vista upgrade guide – part 1: software – Engadget

Ok, so here’s how this thing works. We’ll compare XP and Vista on a feature-by-feature basis; we’re not going to judge the merit of these features or whether they’ll be more useful to you and your pals, nor are we going to get into the […]

Microsoft Office 2007 Review

Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Microsoft Office 2007 Review

I can’t recall ever being this genuinely excited about a Microsoft Office release. Office 2007 is one of those rare software releases that just nails it. This is the type of claim one typically hears about fun consumer electronics products from Apple Computer, not supposedly tired […]

Top Ten Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Vista

Top Ten Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Vista

Windows Vista contains hundreds of new features. Some of the most significant ones are the updated graphical user interface and visual style named Windows Aero, the improved searching features, new multimedia creation tools such as Windows DVD Maker, and completely redesigned networking technology, as well […]

Windows Vista RTM Software Compatibility List

Windows Vista RTM Software Compatibility List

There are 3 major categories (Works, Somewhat works, & Heavy problem\doesnt work).

Mac Pro – Upgrading CPUs, Memory & Running XP

AnandTech: Apple’s Mac Pro – Upgrading CPUs, Memory & Running XP

Weeks have passed since Apple’s announcement of the Mac Pro, and while we wanted to conclude our look at the Mac Pro much earlier, like many Mac Pro users we ran into some serious performance issues under Windows XP. With the Mac Pro […]

Microsoft Office Automator Actions for OS X

Microsoft Office Automator Actions for OS X

About Microsoft Office Automator Actions A collection of over 70 Automator actions for automating Microsoft Office. The collection include the following actions:

– Word actions: New Word Document; Save Word Document – Saves front document to specified file; Many more – Excel actions: New Excel Workbook; Save Excel […]

Windows Vista and Wacom

Microsoft’s new Windows operating system will deliver a computing experience that is faster, easier, and more efficient. Vista is fundamentally designed to allow you to get better results in less time. To help make that a reality they are introducing extensive support for pen and touch input. As the global leader in pen input technology […]

Enter the Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Contest

College and university students here’s a chance to kick start your career! Enter to win a grand prize of $20,000 cash, a digital prize package worth over $5,000, and a portfolio review at Corbis. Submissions accepted May 1-31, 2006.

Enter the Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Contest