http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jleeson/2008/01/02/my-best-and-worse-picks-for-2007/ a blog by Jerry Leeson Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:21:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jleeson/2008/01/02/my-best-and-worse-picks-for-2007/#comment-72604 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:08:41 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jleeson/2008/01/02/my-best-and-worse-picks-for-2007/#comment-72604 [...] I’d love to really cut loose and say what I think about this one. From ZDNet comes the article “Microsoft on Vista - the time of worry is over“. I must say I stopped worrying about Vista a long time ago, in fact I don’t think I ever did worry. I just went out and invested in the most expensive piece of technology I have ever bought - a shiny new HP laptop running Vista. Since that time I have experienced a raft of emotions, frustration and anger being the most common. I still can’t get wireless networking working reliably and I have spent a huge amount of time trying. Anyway, I did have a bit of a laugh at this latest article which reports on the Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference. There is a link to a new site called the Vista Compatibility Center. As reported in the ZDNet article: During his keynote, Brooks took the wraps off a new portal site, the Windows Vista Compatibility Center, that is designed to provide users with a single place to check whether specific hardware and software is compatible with Vista. The site currently lists 9,000 devices and software products (3,500 apps and 5,500 devices) — a number that Microsoft is planning to expand via customer and partner feedback. The site will be all about helping to “bust the myth” that Windows Vista is not compatible with many apps and devices, Brooks said. [...] […] I’d love to really cut loose and say what I think about this one. From ZDNet comes the article “Microsoft on Vista - the time of worry is over“. I must say I stopped worrying about Vista a long time ago, in fact I don’t think I ever did worry. I just went out and invested in the most expensive piece of technology I have ever bought - a shiny new HP laptop running Vista. Since that time I have experienced a raft of emotions, frustration and anger being the most common. I still can’t get wireless networking working reliably and I have spent a huge amount of time trying. Anyway, I did have a bit of a laugh at this latest article which reports on the Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference. There is a link to a new site called the Vista Compatibility Center. As reported in the ZDNet article: During his keynote, Brooks took the wraps off a new portal site, the Windows Vista Compatibility Center, that is designed to provide users with a single place to check whether specific hardware and software is compatible with Vista. The site currently lists 9,000 devices and software products (3,500 apps and 5,500 devices) — a number that Microsoft is planning to expand via customer and partner feedback. The site will be all about helping to “bust the myth” that Windows Vista is not compatible with many apps and devices, Brooks said. […]

]]> http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jleeson/2008/01/02/my-best-and-worse-picks-for-2007/#comment-36292 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:54:36 +0000 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jleeson/2008/01/02/my-best-and-worse-picks-for-2007/#comment-36292 [...] The Trendsters are making their proclamations for 2008 . Jerry’s list resonnated too closely with my experience of purchsing a new computer/peripherals. Especially liked this one from The Sydney Morning Herald (thanks Grant) [...] […] The Trendsters are making their proclamations for 2008 . Jerry’s list resonnated too closely with my experience of purchsing a new computer/peripherals. Especially liked this one from The Sydney Morning Herald (thanks Grant) […]

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