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Microsoft Patch causes the black screen of death

milkman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:34:38 +0000

At least it’s not blue. I consider this a feature, not a bug!

Windows 7 adoption by Vista Users

milkman — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:12:09 +0000

Windows 7 is doing well as an upgrade to Windows Vista users. Looks like I’m on the right side of the fence! I’ve been using Windows 7 for about 6 months and I’ve got to say that it’s quite an improvement over Windows Vista. While I hear that the windows shell for both Operating Systems are almost identical, Windows 7 is faster, runs better on a low spec machine, and has better driver integration. I’ve used the same drivers in Windows 7 and Windows Vista, but in Windows Vista (the operating system that the drivers were made for) the drivers caused the machine to crash repeatedly. WTF!

Anyway, even as I write this in the comfort of Snow Leopard, I’m a fan of Windows 7 and I recommend it to everybody running a windows machine.

Windows 7 enterprise adoption?

milkman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:55:19 +0000

Meh… not so much.

IT leaders who spoke to Computerworld at the Society for Information Management’s SIMposium 09 conference this week in Seattle say their companies remain almost completely running Windows XP on the desktop.

Despite the eight years that have passed since XP’s release, they expressed little urgency to upgrade to Windows 7.

I noticed that the companies they interviewed aren’t exactly who I would call “tech heavy” companies. They use Sunoco (the petroleum company), Meuller Water Products (??), and Oregon State university. Hmm.. SUPER credible enterprise sources.

Regardless, this got me to reminiscing about the good ole days, when milk was brought to your doorstep and Operating System upgrades weren’t just annoyances that only upgraded the look and feel and not really much else. Operating System upgrades used to MEAN something. You had to do it or you couldn’t work efficiently. You were actually getting an upgrade. Today, Operating System upgrades [from Microsoft] aren’t necessary in order for the majority of computer users to get their work done. I mean, XP has been around for 8 years. DEAR GOD that’s ancient!

Can somebody please make an Operating System that actually increases productivity? That would be neat…