XP »
Windows 8 upgrade paths announced: XP, Vista and 7 eligible, but be careful
Today, eligibility for Windows 8 upgrades were leaked by ZDNet. Although all XP, Vista, and 7 are all eligible for upgrades, the ability to keep applications as well as personal data depends on the operating system version, and with Vista, even the service pack number.
Here’s how it’s been detailed, [...]
Read More »Windows 8 boots in 7 seconds, according to reports
The next version of Windows is going to include many new features and performance upgrades; the wide and many upgrades will include a faster boot time.
In a new report on Windows 8 performance, it has been stated that Windows 8 will have the fastest boot time of any operating [...]
Read More »Virtual Machines, Part One: What, why, and how
Not to be confused with virtual process machines, virtual machines are, as Wikipedia puts it, “a software implementation of a machine (i.e. a computer) that executes programs like a physical machine”. They’re operating systems like Windows or Linux inside a separate program on your existing operating system. They can do [...]
Read More »