More Windows Opinion

29 June 2011
Opinion: Improve Screen's Readability With ClearType Text Tuner

If you spend all day in front of the same computer screen, you owe it to yourself to make that screen as readable as possible. Windows 7's built-in text tuning tool, ClearType Text Tuner, lets you do just that.
Opinion: Windows 8 puts us all on the take

Windows 8 will encourage us all to embrace the web. But cloud computing is setting itself up for a fall by its very dependence on the internet. If you can’t access your apps, how will you use them?
Opinion: Use Folder Checkboxes To Manage Files More Productively

If you work with lots of large folders in Windows 7, here's a little trick that can help you manage them more easily. Buried in the Folder and search options menu of Windows 7's Explorer file browser, you'll find a checkbox labeled "Use check boxes to select items." Enable it, and you'll get a really useful tool for selecting multiple folders as you work.
15 June 2011
Opinion: Must-Have Mobile Apps, Web Services for Vacation

Travel can be torture, but if you arm yourself with these mobile apps and websites for getting the most out of your vacation, you can steer clear of the tourist traps, stay one step ahead of the crowds, and make your flight with time to spare.
09 June 2011
Opinion: Must I Keep Windows.old?

After EddieS reinstalled Windows onto his 14-month-old PC, he found all of his old files in a folder called C:\Windows.old. He asked the Windows forum if he can delete it.
26 May 2011
Opinion: An Old Hard Drive and OS in a New PC

Terry Marshall asked if he could move his old hard drive, unchanged, to his new home-built PC, boot his existing, "very stable" XP installation, and skip Windows 7 altogether.
23 May 2011
Opinion: Microsoft Offers Students Free Xbox 360 with PC Purchase

Student looking to buy a laptop or desktop computer this coming semester can pick a free Xbox 360 gaming console thanks to a pretty sweet Microsoft promotion. The Xbox deal is valid with the purchase of any Windows 7 computer starting at $699.
20 April 2011
Opinion: Fit for purpose

Who would deny that the hottest topic in consumer electronics right now is the tablet PC? And since there’s only one tablet PC onsale that – in my opinion, anyway – fulfils the description ‘fit for purpose’, we must inevitably turn toward the iPad.
19 April 2011
Opinion: Upgrade to Windows 8 and say goodbye to the internet

The internet has been constantly evolving since the day it was born, but the next-generation web will be the least democratic ever. Why? Money, of course.
06 April 2011
Opinion: What happened to Windows 7 tablets?

Dell's Windows 7 tablet may not be ready until September at the earliest.