Windows 7

by Rafael Hernandez on May 24, 2009 · 4 comments

Intel’s GMA 950 integrated graphics chip is a part of many desktop and laptop computers found around the world, here are a few links to get your graphics card fully supported under Windows operating systems. The driver supports: 945GZ, 945G,…

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by Pedro Hernandez on May 21, 2009 · 0 comments

New ATI Catalyst drivers are out, and this time they bring one oft-requested feature, a biggie for HTPC fans running Vista 64-bit: The comments section of my blog has been filled for 2 months with questions on when we were…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 18, 2009 · 0 comments

If you thought you could go a day without reading about some new WIndows 7 feature, you were wrong. This time around an obscure feature has made its way into the OS and istartedsomething has a number of details…

Read more Windows 7 Virtual Wi-Fi is Going to be All Over Your Wireless Adapter, If You Want it

by Rafael Hernandez on May 16, 2009 · 0 comments

Nvidia has released new drivers for their nForce series of chipsets bringing further bug fixes and enhancements.Chipset support includes:nForce 980a, 780a, 760i SLI, 750a, 740i SLI, 730i, 730a, 720i, 720a, 790i Ultra SLI, 790i SLI, 780i SLI, 750i SLI, 740a…

Read more Nvidia nForce Windows Drivers 15.26 / 15.37

by Rafael Hernandez on May 16, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s Hyper-threading technology was supposed to improve a system’s performance by keeping the CPU fully stocked with work to do.In reality its performance benefits weren’t fully realized by previous operating systems and, in some cases, could cause performance to…

Read more Windows 7 to Leverage Hyper-threading Performance Enhancements

by Rafael Hernandez on May 10, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s DirectX 10 graphics API promised us all a much richer visual experience when titles and graphics cards made full use of the technology, given how long new features take to work into game development things didn’t turn out so…

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by Pedro Hernandez on May 9, 2009 · 0 comments

As solid state drives (SSDs) appear in more notebooks and PCs in the coming years, Microsoft wants to make certain that Windows 7 is not only on speaking terms with the storage technology, but that the OS provides an optimized…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 7, 2009 · 1 comment

Microsoft’s Windows 7 has been analyzed from every angle imaginable, given the free reign the developers have had in order to keep end-users in the loop, with all of their blogging and whatnot, it’s not surprising that you’ll know…

Read more Windows 7 RC1 Impressions: The Laptop

by Rafael Hernandez on May 5, 2009 · 0 comments

True to their word Microsoft has released the Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 for the general public to try out their pre-release software.Their customer preview program webpage has instructions and download links for bot 32-bit and 64-bit versions of…

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by Rafael Hernandez on May 3, 2009 · 0 comments

If there’s one thing to attribute to Microsoft’s operating systems over the years it’s definitely not the word “personality”. They never went out on a limb in order to make their operating systems stand out once installed, they left…

Read more Windows 7 Personalization, It Gets Unconventional

by Rafael Hernandez on May 2, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s lineup of operating systems is popular due to the software developed for it, backwards compatibility, and quite a bit of brand recognition.Apple’s OS X is the runner up, given the cost of entry it’s not hard to figure…

Read more Is Windows 7 RC a Plot to Get Users Hooked?