Sunday, December 27, 2009

Windows 7 and Merry Christmas

Well, hope you all had a wonderful, magical Christmas! Ready for a great New Year! Windows 7 seems to be getting a little better, or I am. Printers seem to be working better, so I'm saying some windows updates are helping compatibility. Compatibility between Windows 7 and Windows XP seems to be better than Windows Vista. I have gone through the wireless networking issue with XP and Vista, and Windows 7 seem to accept XP better. That's good for me and for my clients. Microsoft also promised faster startups and better memory (RAM) utilization, and I think there is greater efficiency. That being said, there are still many things to work through for a less buggy experience. Don't be afraid to buy a new computer with Windows 7, but if you can wait a while longer, do that, and you'll happier. I'll keep reporting to you on the progress of Windows 7 with my experiences, and hopefully this will be helpful.

I'm still working with my Mac computer and will be adding training and eventually repair for Mac computers to my business. There are a lot of similarities these days with the Windows computer and the Apple Mac computers. Macs are pretty cool, and I'm really looking forward to mastering their great software programs of iWork and iLife. These are suites of programs to create photo projects, DVDs, Movies, Word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations similar to Powerpoint. If you are a home user, Mac could be just as great for you as a Windows computer, and they are coming down in price. Something to think about. Another big advantage at this time is that they do not have the virus/spyware problems that Windows has, so I'll keep you advised as to my findings on this.

So, I wish you all a very Happy New Year!!

Rocky Hamilton
 rockyham@gmail.com