The big question is… should we embrace or avoid Windows 7? This is the question I am going examine in this entry and I hope that I will be able to help you make an informed choice about whether to adopt Windows 7.
After the nightmare experience so many people had with Windows Vista on it’s release; it is no surprise that people have been waiting for positive reviews before trying Windows 7. So let’s get cracking and have a look at three of the features of Windows 7 that have really impressed me.
1. Improved Speed over Windows Vista
One of the big problems experienced with Vista was the speed at which it performed; so this was one of the big challenges that the people at Microsoft had to address. They did this by redesigning how Windows 7 displays graphics to your monitor.
Windows 7 can not start to display things before all the background information is worked out. So you do not get that feeling that your computer is freezing. This change has reduced the wait time for applications to load, save and respond to users’ requests. How this was achieved is not important, what is however important is the fact that this feature really improves usability in Windows 7 over Windows Vista.
2. Home Networking & Media
It is no longer the case that people just use a network in the office, therefore Microsoft have really catered for the home network in Windows 7. The ease at which you can now share your files between computers in your network will surprise you. It is also so much easier to connect printers to your home network and also to connect to your home Wi-Fi connection.
There are loads of new features in Windows 7 to make it easier to share all your MP3s, Videos and TV shows throughout your house by using your home network in Windows 7. You can view music or recorded TV shows from remote computer and play them across the home network. If you want to watch a recorded TV show, you can easily transfer it to your laptop so that you can watch it on the laptop at another time.
3. Not So Many Annoying Pop-ups
One of the things that really annoyed me about Windows Vista was the fact that when I wanted to do anything with my computer I got a pop-up box asking me if I was sure I wanted to do it; also if an application was looking to do something we got the same pop-up. These constant pop-ups became really quite frustrating. In Windows 7, Microsoft have introduced a setting where you can adjust the settings to reduce or switch off these annoying little pop-up boxes.
My experiences with Windows 7 are all positive and I will be suggesting to my clients based in Dublin to consider installing Windows 7 on new PCs. If you would like to talk to someone in iPing about Windows 7 or your IT support in Dublin please drop us a LINE
By: Mark Z Kelly
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Windows 7 a Review You Will Understand
January 20th, 2010What is a Storage Area Network?
November 28th, 2009
Have you even tried to translate computer jargon into real language an ordinary person can
understand? It’s almost impossible! It is almost like computer junkies don’t want us commoners
know what they are discussing. Take, for instance, a storage area network. Since I don’t know
anything about this topic, I decide to search the Internet for information. My results include
mention of information likely written in a foreign language.
Not to pick on Wikipedia, but their definition was the first one I came across. All the others I
found were just about as bad when describing storage area networks. According to Wikipedia,
“In computing, a Storage Area Network (SAN) is an architecture to attach remote computer
storage devices such as disk array controllers, tape libraries and CD arrays to server in such a
way that to the operating system the devices appear as locally attached devices…By contrast to a
SAN, Network Attached Storage (NAS), uses file-based protocols such as NFS or SMB/CIFS
where it is clear that the storage is remote, and computers request a portion of an abstract file
rather than a disk block.”
What? I think I know less about what a SAN or storage area network is than before I read the
definition. I guess there needs to be a special dictionary published just for computer jargon.
Especially when they borrow another word commonly used to mean something else. This
definition calls a storage area network an architecture. When I think of architecture, I
automatically bring to mind a particular building style, like Tudor architecture. Who would have
ever guessed you could also use the term architecture to describe how you build a computer
system. Would you like your Apple Macbook Pro with Tudor architecture or Victorian
architecture? Sorry, but I had to look this term up to find what it meant in computer jargon.
Should you have to look up the definition of a definition?
The next thing that bothers me about computer definitions is the number of acronyms they use. If
I don’t know what something means and have to look up a definition, I probably also don’t know
what the acronyms stand for. Spell them out, please! For instance, what is NSF? How about
SMB/CIFS? For all I know, they’re contagious diseases.
I guess it just goes to show there is a part of the brain that thinks like a computer. Like most other
talents, you either have it or you don’t. While one person can read the definition of a storage area
network and come away with a clear idea of what the term means, some of us just can’t wrap our
brains around the idea.
What I gather from what I have read is that a Storage Area Network is the hardware and software
that makes the Storage Area Network architecture work. If you do not configure and connect the
SAN properly, there is no connectivity between other systems.
By: Marvin Cains
