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Issue 16 Windows Vista, Buy or Beware? Eric MacLeod

Its been more then five years find one program. Instead we sor running at 1 Ghz or more, April 2007 since dazzled us find a small Windows logo older systems just don’t have with its latest Windows oper- and inside is a collec- the capacity to handle it. 1 of 2 ating system (XP Home and tion of lists all organized and Other requirements such as a Professional), and now after controlled with a scroll bar. minimum of a 64 meg graph- much anticipation Vista has Also inside is a search bar, ics card and 15 GB of free made its way to consumers. and with just a few simple space on a 40 GB drive may With so much invested letters you can easily and have many offices deciding in its development, Vista has quickly find any program, whether the cost of upgrading created the longest window document, or folder you may their machines is really worth between Windows OS re- need. Transparent windows it. Add the fact that the look leases. Expectations are high let you see what is behind and feel of Vista, while possi- and people have both good them, minimize a window and bly better, is still vastly differ- and bad things to say. So is it it slides quietly to the task ent. a good time to change from bar, and if you move your So what does it all come the tried and tested XP plat- mouse over the task bar a live down to? Windows Vista is a form, or should you wait and preview of the program ap- superior system boasting new see what is to come? pears. technology… just like every First off, Vista boasts a num- other major release of Win- ber of improvements both dows. However, as with any cosmetic and functional. Get- new system, one should be ting the most press would be wary before changing what the stunningly visual new has been proven reliable. It interface dubbed Windows has not been that long since Aero. If you remember the the nightmare of the blaster leap taken when most users worm that caused Microsoft retired their buggy Windows not just to update XP, but to 98 systems for the newer and With all these great new im- revamp it into an almost en- more graphic XP line, then provements and many more tirely new system. A good Vista may bring up familiar that could easily and will fill a rule of thumb for any OS old feelings. The desktop book, what is the catch. Well change is to give it at least a appearance has been re- as with every leap in OS de- year, this gives people a real vamped almost completely. sign, Windows Vista is an chance to put it through its Gone is the with extremely power hungry sys- paces and find any issues the its list of applications that can tem. Requiring a minimum of might have take up a whole screen just to one GB of ram and a proces- missed.

Inside the Numbers

FireFox Browser Gaining Ground

Microsoft's (IE) continues to maintain market share with 85.85 percent of the Internet browser share worldwide. Across the globe, IE has an 85.85 percent market share; Mozilla's has 11.49 percent of the market. Apple's browser serves 1.61 percent, and Opera and each supply browsers to less than 1 percent of the market worldwide.

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Within the U.S. browser market, 80.77 percent of users surf the Web on IE and 14.88 percent on Fire- fox. That's up from 9.57 percent in December 2005. Safari gets 3.41 percent of the market, and Opera and Netscape each hold less than 1 percent.

Firefox is most popular in Germany (33.42 percent); Australia (25.55 percent); and Italy (21.60 percent). IE penetration is lowest in Australia (64.10 percent) and Germany (60 percent).

If you would like to be removed from this newsletter, send an email to [email protected] with the word remove in the subject line. Issue 16 Laptop Coolers, Don’t Get Burned Jeff Slater

April 2007 As many businesses have cool itself as necessary. The cooler is a cheap way to make found out, laptops can be very internal fans and other cool- sure the temperature isn’t unpredictable when it comes ing methods that come with a rising. The coolers range in Page 2 of 2 to overheating. As the core laptop are made to ensure the price from $10.00 to $50.00 temperature in a laptop rises, integrity of the system. In a and offer various options for various symptoms may be high majority of cases, over- speed control and quiet opera- experienced. A couple of heating is not a problem. So tion. The coolers are also these symptoms are very slow why even worry about the often powered by the USB hard drive and processor re- need for a laptop cooler? port, which eliminates the sponse times, or a recurring need for a separate power sudden . If the re- adaptor. If you have any ques- sponse time from an applica- tions about the possible need tion is very slow, or if a lap- for a laptop cooler, please call top is having intermittent but our staff at 866-964-8324, not consistent hardware er- and we can you deter- rors, it could be a sign that the mine if a cooling fan is right laptop is overheating. Also, if for you. the unit is hot to the touch or an acrid smell is coming from the laptop, it should immedi- ately be turned off. This The best way to fix a problem overheating can occur when is by preventing it from hap- an internal cooling fan slows pening in the first place. down or stops working alto- While laptops generally don’t gether. This causes compo- have problems with overheat- nents such as the processor or ing, because of their compact wires to greatly exceed their size, they are more prone to it normal running temperatures. than a regular desktop PC. Diagnosis of damaged com- And because laptop hardware ponents due to overheating issues are generally more means having to replace parts difficult to resolve, it is best and sometimes a loss of data. to be cautious. The bottom With all the dangers involved line: there’s no need to go out in overheating components, and buy a laptop cooler right laptop owners can feel confi- now, but at the first possible dent that their unit is built to signs of overheating, a laptop

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