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A new version of the NEF plug-in for 32-bit versions of Windows Vista, has been updated to support RAW files captured with the D3 and D300.
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Ten percent of all new Vista licenses are sold to Macintosh owners, and they tend to be more satisfied with Vista than the average customer.
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Ed Bott points out that most Vista startup issues are hardware based, or more likely third-party software based, and all are fixable if you know what you’re doing. He also points out that Vista doesn’t have a monopoly on problems, OS X has them as well.
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I suppose if your job is browsing for files and programs, this might be true. Otherwise, it seems a bit of a stretch. Supossedly I’ve saved over 90 hours so far!
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For those of you that run both Mac and PC, this may save you some ‘oh yea, wrong side’ mouse movement, though it appears not to work with all programs.
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A Linux site with some of those familiar ‘Windows Vista Capable’ stickers, but with a decidedly anti-Vista twist. They even include one for Mac OS X, which is curious since over 95% of the computers on the planet truely are incapable of running it.
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Did you know that DirectX 10 is only for Windows Vista? So unless you are happy with windows XP using DirectX 9, your probably going to want to get a decent affordable video card.
For those who have using XP with DirectX 9 in Windows XP keep in mind that DirectX 10 is a rewrite from the ground up.
Since Windows Vista only has support for it, if you install older DirectX 9 games Vista has a DirectX 9 subsystem that interfaces with DirectX 10 to allow games using previous versions of DirectX to work. However running older games in Vista means it will take additional CPU horsepower. This is the argument then, is it worth upgrading the Vista then?
If you plan to use Vista or not, if your in the market for a new PC or new video card my recommendation is try not to buy a
motherboard
with an integrated video card if possible.
Get a
motherboard that allows you to purchase an independent video
card. Plan to cool and ventilate the video card with additional
fans within the case since these new generation cards are known to be power hungry and heat up.
My picks for a DirectX 10 supported video cards at this time would be an Nvidia GeForce 8 Series graphics chips card such as the affordable
GeForce 8600 Series card. However pay attention to additional modifiers at the end of the model#, such as GT, GTS, GTX, XT, and XTX, since they often reveal important shader and clock-speed information. Rule of thumb you can never get enough speed and memory, since pc hardware gets outdated so fast in about 6 months time, so get as much as you can afford now.
Here is an example of what I mean. Looking at these two types of
Nvidia Geforce cards there is a noticeable difference in the clock speeds, this shows the GTS's clock speeds are more than just a little bit faster than those of the GT—core and stream processor clocks are up between 22% and 25%, and memory speeds have been boosted significantly giving you a that faster smooth frame rate while keeping vibrant graphics at higher display resolutions.
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| GeForce 8600 GTS | GeForce 8600 GT |
| Stream Processors | 32 | 32 |
| Core Clock (MHz) | 675 | 540 |
| Shader Clock (MHz) | 1450 | 1180 |
| Memory Clock (MHz) | 1000 | 700 |
| Memory Amount | 256MB GDDR3 | 256MB GDDR3 |
| Memory Interface | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) | 32 | 22.4 |
| Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) | 10.8 | 8.6 |
ATI also carries a great line of video cards which are coming down in price such as the
X1950 Pro which is worth looking at aswell for the price its a real winner. But dont get me wrong if you can aford to buy the latest and greatest, then please do and buy my dream card, the
Geforce 8800 card it can handle the most demanding, current DirectX 9 titles at resolutions, antialiasing and eye-candy settings that leaves previous generation cards gasping for breath. Visual quality is simply superb. Also the
Geforce 8800 card is ready for those highly anticipated DirectX 10 game titles like
Crysis and Alan Awake under Windows Vista, which bring visuals that are even more incredible.
However like I said, you can never be fully upto date with your PC hardware, Nvidia will release its next 'G92'-based graphics chip, the GeForce 8800 GTS 512, on 11 December, it has been claimed. As its name suggests, the new part extends the existing 8800 GTS line up with a model that connects to 512MB of memory.Today's 8800 GTS family comprises 320MB and 640MB models - the latter is said to be scheduled to be replaced by the 512. Both older GPUs contain 96 of Nvidia's Stream unified-shader pixel processors, but the new version will have 128 on board.
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When you make the switch from a Windows box to a Mac, you are going to need to copy all of your data files over to the Mac. The quickest way to do that is over a network. Yes, you can use “old school†media such as CDs, DVDs or USB thumb drives, but this is very tedious and will take forever. Networking the Windows and Mac machines is actually not very hard. It is not quite as straightforward as networking two Windows machines together, but if I can manage to do it on my second day using OS X, it can’t be too hard. (more…)
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On the drive property sheet for an NTFS volume,
there is a checkbox called "Compress drive to save disk space."
If you check that box, the shell marks the drive as "compress all
newly-created files" and also goes through and compresses
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Microsoft announced last week that the final version of FastCGI has been released. FastCGI is an extension to IIS that can vastly improve the performance of CGI based applications like PHP.
Here are a few links that will get you started:
Download the FastCGI for IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003FastCGI Configuration guideThe great part - FastCGI is an open standard, and is supported by a ton of webservers. More information can be found here:
http://www.fastcgi.com
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Thanks to a tip from Steve Clayton, a treasure chest of Windows Longhorn inspired PC design concepts has been just unearthed. An industrial design company located in San Francisco called Ammunition were recently interviewed as part of a Wired article on evolving PC designs. Following the link to their website shows an array of computer-related design concepts for a variety of companies including Microsoft.
An image overlay of a Longhorn screenshot indicates these were commissioned for the purpose of demonstrating to OEMs how Microsoft envisioned Longhorn PCs. In relations to the other Microsoft-commissioned Windows PC concepts by Carbon Design, these are much earlier. The Aero Glass theme is clearly carried throughout in both concepts.
Microsoft
Oxygen concept desktop system that converts from typical use mode, to media viewing, to pen input.
Microsoft
Zinc concept intended for countertop use.
Microsoft Carbon concept micro PC with high object value.
Microsoft Argon concept entertainment biased all-in-one PC.
Microsoft Cobalt convertible notebook/tablet system.
It’s interesting to see how similar the Oxygen is to the current generation iMacs when they are easily years apart of each other. But it’s important to realize Apple designs Macs but Microsoft doesn’t design Windows PCs. To say Microsoft doesn’t have taste is not entirely correct if the above concepts are any indication.
Written by Long Zheng on November 27th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Microsoft is nothing more than a simple spectator at Mozilla’s Firefox spectacle of releases. A new version of the open source browser is now available for download. Mozilla has delivered Firefox 2.0.0.10, a stability update announced as early as last week. Firefox 2.0.0.10 can be grabbed immediately via this link, but Mozilla will also serve the refresh via its update infrastructure, and in this sense, users will be alerted of the new build. With this release, Mozilla has plugged three security holes in the browser. A referer-spoofing via window.location race condition flaw, jar: URI scheme XSS hazard, and holes involving memory corruption are the vulnerabilities fixed with Firefox 2.0.0.10.
“As part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 2.0.0.10 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download. (more…)
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A fresh update is available from Microsoft focusing on the microcode reliability of both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista in scenarios where the operating system is integrated with Intel processors. Microsoft informed that the microcode reliability update for Intel processors does not impact only Windows Vista but also Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. But as far as Vista is concerned, the company has been hammering away at the operating system ever since it hit the shelves. This is yet another example of Microsoft taking care of reliability issues affecting Vista. The update is designed to resolve “a possible Intel processor marginality and a potential source of unpredictable system behavior”, according to Microsoft. (more…)
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Two weeks ago my new Dell Vostro 1500 arrived. Dell's Vostro Notebook line-up is a relatively new line-up of laptops that cater to business users. While I love the Tablet PC experience the HP tx1000 offers, I was in need for something a little more powerful. Read More......(
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Two weeks ago my new Dell Vostro 1500 arrived. Dell's Vostro Notebook line-up is a relatively new line-up of laptops that cater to business users. While I love the Tablet PC experience the HP tx1000 offers, I was in need for something a little more powerful. I'm the type of guy that likes to feel like I am taking my desktop PC with me when I travel.
After looking at the specs for the Vostro 1500, I decided to customize it for some added benefit. Here are the specs on my Vostro 1500:
- Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2GHz Processor
- Screen - 15.4 Widescreen XGA+ LCD TrueLife
- Memory - 2GB DDR2
- Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB
- Storage - 160GB 7200RPM SATA Harddrive
- Media - 8x DVD-RW with double-layer DVD-R write capability
- Network - Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini-card
- Integrated 2.0 Megapixel Webcam
- Mobile Broadband - Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA 3.6 Mini-card (for AT&T)
With Windows Vista Ultimate (this laptop deserves nothing less), the Vostro 1500 has everything I need in a laptop and makes "going mobile" much easier. It has a Windows Experience Index of 4.6 with the lowest rating being Graphics. The rest of the scores are the highest I've seen on a laptop to-date.
For the first time, I am enjoying running at 802.11 N with the Vostro 1500. Right now as I wrote my post on the Vostro, I'm running at 130Mbps.Works absolutely amazing. My router, the D-Link DIR-625 RangeBooster N Router, supports 802.11 N but I've not had a device with 802.11 N wireless capabilities until now. The DIR-625 was part of D-Link's initial wave of devices that took advantage of and supported Windows Vista when Windows Vista launched last January.
After 2 weeks with the Vostro 1500, I'm really happy with my decision. I've still got more experiences to write about, such as using the Mobile Broadband wireless capability but I'll save that for another post. I've updated my What I Use page to reflect the Vostro 1500 - check it out.
Also: my new HP MediaSmart Server arrives this week. I plan on having a post up on rolling out Windows Home Server in my home by the end of the week. I look forward to getting the HP MediaSmart Server set up.
Images of the Dell Vostro 1500 were uploaded to my Flickr account using Windows Live Photo Gallery.Click here for the full set of photos of the Dell Vostro 1500.
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