Tech Talk

Whats Windows 7 Like?

Ive recently had alot of people ask me what Windows 7 is like and although ive only run the Beta version myself, the feedback im getting is positive.

When Vista came out I used to listen to so many people rave about how great Vista was, but the main thing they raved about was how it looked. Not long after Vista came out I bought myself a Toshiba laptop with Vista on it and for the first few days i liked it. OK it ran a bit slower but yeah it was a much nicer interface,

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What is Broadband?

When the internet first came about the only way to access it was by using a computer to dial a connection to your internet provider using a modem and your telephone line. This was great when the internet first came about as webpages were very simple, businesses mainly used it for email and it wasnt used that much and not by many people. Once the internet started to grow, you were able to access your business computer from home, watch

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Backup Basics

Backing up your data would have to be the most important procedure for any business or home user when using a computer but is often neglected for a few reasons. One reason is that it can take too long another is that people forget. Whatever the reason it's something that has to be done as getting your data back can sometimes be expensive or lost forever costing your business alot of money or just simply losing all those

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Windows 7 Release Date Announced

Only 2 years after officially releasing Windows Vista, Microsoft has just recently announced its official release date for Windows 7. The release date is October 22nd 2009.

With many people complaining about Vista’s performance and compatability issues it seems that Microsoft has listened and made some major improvements to Windows 7 that is sure to make a lot of people happy. Some of the issues I found with my clients Vista PC’s were related to performance, compatibility and even printers. Vista is a very pretty (what I like to call it) operating system but is very hungry for resources which means if you want to do anything other than browse a few web pages, check emails and work with a few documents you really needed to

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