I bought Windows 7 today and “upgraded” from XP. Everything seems to be working fine, just a lot of software reinstallation to do. Tweet Pin It
Windows XP
I have installed Windows XP over Windows Vista on my Dell Dimension C521 home PC. Vista became so incredibly slow it was a pain to use. It took nearly five minutes to boot! I know Windows 7 is due soon, and is tipped to be a big improvement on Vista, but I couldn’t wait. I [...]
Life before Microsoft Office
It’s hard to believe there was once a world in which Microsoft wasn’t the dominant developer of software for word processing and spreadsheets. I actually don’t use MS Office much these days, but its presence is ubiquitous. I like Atlantis for quick documents, saved to RTF format and OpenOffice is my main choice in Linux. [...]
The computer
My computer is driving me mad. It’s incredibly slow. Bring on Windows 7 to replace Vista. Tweet Pin It
Microsoft Office 2007
I can’t bring myself to like Office 2007. My Vista PC came with the software last year. I tried it for a while, got rid of it and installed Office 2003. Liking to experiment, I reinstalled Office 2007 and now wish I didn’t. It’s hard to know why Microsoft changed the traditional interface that worked. [...]
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