As a follow up to my earlier post on Windows 8. This requires the use of regedit. Pretty straightforward though.
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Why Windows 8 will fail
Posted on January 17, 2012 by Mark Urbin
Oh, and fail it will. Big time. The single driving issue behind its approaching and certain failure is the Metro Desktop. Metro clearly defined as a touch screen interface and it is just bloody awful to use with a mouse and keyboard. Really, it’s truly horrible. To make it worse, you can’t launch your apps [...]
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Lowest cost Android tablet on the market
Posted on March 27, 2011 by Mark Urbin
Currently I would have to say that title belongs to the Nook. Ya, ya…Barnes & Noble tells you it that it just an ebook reader, but it’s running a crippled version of Android that you can root pretty easily. It’s pretty straightforward, and you can find just about everything you need at nookDevs. Once you [...]
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Mucking with Android
Posted on February 28, 2011 by Mark Urbin
I’ve started to muck with Android. Details to follow.
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I’ve taken the Windows 7 plunge
Posted on March 30, 2010 by Mark Urbin
I’ve got Windows 7 Professional 64 bit on my desktop and copy of Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit on my laptop. I’m pretty happy so far, the plug and play works quite well, with a couple of noticable exceptions. First off is my Wireless Laser Desktop 3000 keyboard, which I’m not using to type this because the [...]
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The Droid
Posted on November 16, 2009 by Mark Urbin
Verizon has finally gotten what could a be a viable iPhone replacement. A phone running the latest version of Google’s Andorid OS and a growing supply of applitions. I haven’t got my hands on one yet, but I’ve read a few reviews that state it stands up quite well in head to head comparisons with [...]
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New toys
Posted on September 6, 2009 by Mark Urbin
I recently got my nerdy paws a pair of Asus Eee PC netbooks. (Thanks John!) These are the ones running LINUX off solid state drives. I’ve got one updating, but the 4 Gig system drive on the other is full, and I’m going to have to find a way to clean that up.
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I called the Chrome OS back in October
Posted on July 8, 2009 by Mark Urbin
Google announced an OS based on Chrome, this is supposed be a seperate OS than Android, which is already shipping on smartphones and has been ported to netbooks. The Chrome OS is based on open source LINUX code, and Google plans on freely distributing the OS. This can’t make Microsoft very happy. Back in October [...]
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Upgrading from Windows7 Beta to the RC
Posted on June 18, 2009 by Mark Urbin
I upgraded from Windows7 Beta to the RC today. Microsoft wants a clean install, but I decided to try this hack I found at Life Rocks 2.0. It’s really pretty straight forward. 1 Download the ISO and burn the ISO to a DVD. 2 Copy the whole image to a storage location you wish to [...]
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Another entry into the Netbook OS market
Posted on June 2, 2009 by Mark Urbin
Intel has their own custom blend of Linux for netbook computers, called Moblin. Release 2.0 was just announced. It’s got a slick UI and takes advange of special features of Intel’s Atom chip, which is found in a lot of netbook. I don’t think it will sell as well as Windows 7 or Android, but [...]
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