Windows Enterprise Desktop
May 2013
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Could AMD really leapfrog Intel with its new graphics-intensive mobile CPUs?
27 May 2013 -
Analysis of Windows 8.1 "Blue" APIs Reveals Cool Coming Attractions
24 May 2013 -
Soluto Survey Shows Only Minimal Use of Tile-based Windows 8 Apps
23 May 2013
Well, well, well. It's been forever since the worm turned and AMD got a leg up on Intel--almost seven years, in fact, since the introduction of Intel's Core family of processors whipped the ...
Over at PC World, Mark Hachman reports on a terrific bit of Windows 8.1 (Microsoft's now-official name for the next upcoming Windows desktop release, preview due out on later this month) code ...
Call them "Windows Store apps," "Modern UI apps," or even "Metro apps," the latest monthly report from Soluto reveals that these apps don't figure much into how actual users employ their Windows 8 ...
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Surprising Difficulty in Killing Initial Windows 8 Login Account
20 May 2013 -
Breaking In a New Tablet/Ultrabook: Dell XPS12
17 May 2013 -
Preparing Surplus PCs for Loaner Use in the Classroom
15 May 2013 -
Windows Blue Officially Called Windows 8.1
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Mary Jo Foley Has a Great Take on Windows Blue Changes
13 May 2013 -
Windows Blue Gets PowerShell 4.0, Too
10 May 2013 -
Windows Blue Restores Traditional Desktop Orientation to Win8: Duh!
08 May 2013
As I mentioned in my last blog post, I've been setting up and breaking in a new touch-screen convertible tablet/ultrabook Dell PC recently. Last Thursday and Friday, in fact, I found myself in a ...
I’m working with some staff at Dell, and with a loaner XPS12 convertible tablet/ultrabook running Windows 8, to explore ways to boost the usability and productivity gains (both personal and ...
For the past year, I've had the pleasure of knowing that my son's 3rd grade class had the use of two extra laptops I had laying around unused for daily use in surfing the web, taking reading tests, ...
The upcoming release of Windows 8, formerly known as Windows Blue, is now (drum roll, please) called Windows 8.1. Windows 8.1 will be delivered as a free update to Windows 8 and Windows RT and it ...
Lately, there's been lots of interpretation and speculation swirling about the general topic of Windows "Blue" (aka Windows 8.1, scheduled for release to the world sometime before the end of 2013). ...
Just saw a very interesting bit of "build detective work," by Rafael Rivera over at the Within Windows blog. It's entitled "Windows 8.1, PowerShell 4.0, and new cmdlets." For those not already in ...
For the past few weeks, the Windows pundits and mavens have been enjoying an extended "I-told-you-so" moment with Microsoft's latest desktop OS, as detailed investigation of the upcoming revision ...
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MyFaves 5: Windows (8) To Go + Fast USB 3.0 Flash Drive
06 May 2013 -
Toshiba Jumps Into Win8 Tablet Market with WT310
03 May 2013 -
MyFaves 4: Big, Fast SD Cards Extend Notebook/Tablet Storage
01 May 2013
Windows To Go is Microsoft's name for a portable, flash-based implementation of Windows 8 on a USB Flash Drive (aka UFD, in MS-speak). Windows To Go works with BitLocker encryption to protect the ...
Due to hit stores as soon as June, 2013, Toshiba has jumped back onto the Win8 tablet market with a new model -- the WT310 -- that appears to target the Microsoft Surface Pro directly. The unit is ...
This is the fourth entry in my recent "MyFaves" series: a collection of short and pointed appreciations for various hardware components of particular interest or value for Windows desktops, ...