Windows 7 Tip: Upgrade, Bad! Fresh Install, Good!

November 16th, 2009 ubertechguy Comments off

no_upgradeJust a quick tip for all of you out there about installing Windows 7 on existing machines with older versions of Windows. Don’t do it. I have found that I run into compatability problems and anomalyous behavior doing an upgrade. I just got my new quad processor Lenovo IdeaCentre K230 desktop and was having problems with windows resizing after sleep and games not playing. I took a chance and blew away the system and installed Windows 7 fresh. No problems since. Read more…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-07

November 7th, 2009 ubertechguy Comments off
  • Amazing marketing. Could raise the bar further than iPhone. Will hype = reality? Droid from Verizon Wireless. http://bit.ly/2EA381 #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

November 1st, 2009 ubertechguy Comments off
  • Stay on your toes and don't click on ANYTHING in an e-mail that is not sent by a trusted source! http://bit.ly/1BHNEN #

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It’s Been Fun, Mac, But I’m Going Back to PC

October 30th, 2009 ubertechguy 2 comments

I_Heart_Win7At the risk of incurring the wrath of Mac users everywhere, I have to stand up and admit I am going back to PC after nearly 5 years with Mac.

It was fun, interesting and a great education. I’m always up for learning new technologies. At the time I switched, I was totally frustrated with Windows. For me it was slow and problem ridden. It crashed often and gave me fits when trying to perform photo and video editing. I made a lot of money fixing Windows, but personally I couldn’t rely on PC, so I left it for Mac.

Oh, how things have changed. I have been using Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit for over a month now and I could not be more in love.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25

October 25th, 2009 ubertechguy Comments off
  • @MSWindows Windows 7 Released Today! Finally… Windows Done Right! Congrats, Microsoft! You've got a winner! #win7 #
  • Windows 7 Released Today! Finally… Windows Done Right! Congrats, Microsoft! You've got a winner! #win7 #

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