With its advanced features, Microsoft’s Windows 7 comes off better than Vista and the last generation Windows XP

If you have been holding off buying a new computer, then Windows 7, the latest operating system (OS) from Microsoft, will give you a good excuse to buy one. Windows 7, or Win 7, is largely believed to be better than Microsoft’s previous OS Windows Vista and way more advanced than the last generation Windows XP. But is it really all that?

First impressions
While it is easy to get infatuated with a new design and swanky features, the viability of an OS is only determined when you begin using it eight hours a day. We used a preview copy of Win 7 for over 12 hours and we have to admit that we do prefer it over Vista because it’s more stable and did not crash out even once.

We installed Win 7 on a desktop with 1 GHz processor and 4GB of RAM. The OS took a little over 30 minutes to install on the PC that had Vista Home Basic edition (time to install could vary depending on hardware profile and existing OS on your PC). Decisively, Win 7 loads faster than Vista, which takes hours to install.

Win 7’s minimum hardware requirements are roughly similar to those of Vista Home Basics — both require a 1 GHz processor and 15-16GB of hard-drive space, although Win 7 demands a minimum of 1GB memory, while Vista Home Basics needs 512MB memory.

Let’s be honest here. Win 7 is both a sigh of relief and breath of fresh air, after Vista. Built with a renewed focus on performance and ease-of-use, Win 7 is poised to succeed where Vista couldn’t.

Do you know that there are some wireless routers out there that has the capability of a firewall to a certain degree. These routers can prevent unscrupulous individuals from accessing unwanted sites by setting access restrictions found on thier router page. The Linksys  WRT54G2 is one router which share such fuctionality. Internet access control is provided via the Access Restrictions features shown below.

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A  month ago we did a review on this HP Pavilion DV 2 1003AX, recently we got another order for the same unit but a slightly different model. The order came from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim, Ipoh. They have requested for a HP Pavilion 1007AX which has a white chassis whereas the previous model is in brownish peach. Both of these laptops have the same specs, the only difference which separated this two is the choice of colours. For those of you who have missed the review you can find it here. Below are some snapshots taken of this current HP model.

Ubuntu Desktop Edition

With Ubuntu Desktop Edition you can surf the web, read email, create documents and spreadsheets, edit images and much more. Ubuntu has a fast and easy graphical installer right on the Desktop CD. On a typical computer the installation should take you less than 25 minutes.

Desktop tour

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Yesterday we've got an order for a laptop, where the customer specifically requested for this HP model. Pavilion dv2, is one of the latest in the Pavilion series of notebooks, whereby HP tries to bridge the gap between inexpensive, performance-stripped netbooks and expensive, high-end ultraportable laptops. The Pavillion features an Athlon Neo processor (AMD's rival to Intel's Atom processor), dedicated graphics, and a slim 12-inch form factor.