Daily Archives: December 18, 2013

New Dell

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Robert Pogson

Now that Dell is no longer a public corporation, is its attitude to FLOSS different? I poke around. The problems I used to have were an overly segmented website making it difficult to find the GNU/Linux PCs. That no longer … Continue reading →

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Change Is The Spice Of Life

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Robert Pogson

Hmmm… Spiceworks has done a survey from a variety of areas of business of IT professionals. Not surprisingly, the majority of them have some machines running XP a large percentage have some machines running “7” and a smaller percentage have … Continue reading →

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Parade of Small Cheap Computers

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Robert Pogson

Moore’s law works for everyone except Wintel these days. While users of ARMed CPUs get ever-lowering prices, Wintel is competing in a token manner at the low end while pushing ever more expensive “ultra” models… M$ keeps trying to “get … Continue reading →

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From China With Love

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Robert Pogson

China has become a powerhouse of industry. It’s part of everything we do these days. Consider shopping retail. I was looking for an item to buy as a Christmas present. I am cheap, really cheap…. A similar item in a … Continue reading →

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Fans Take Notice! M$ Admits Windows Sloowwsss Dddooowwwwwnnnnnnnnn!

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Robert Pogson

For years on this blog, fans of that other OS have stoutly denied that Windows slows down with use. I have seen it with my own eyes. I worked in a school where identical machines were in two camps, XP … Continue reading →

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