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Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

Posted on January 26, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

A person I know recently wrote a nice little blog piece about how Windows 7 is a Crossgrade. They made some really nice points, but missed the mark on a bunch of others. First off, the statement that you do not “own” your copy of Windows is correct, this statement is also true of OSX….

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Windows 7 is coming…

Posted on October 20, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows 7 is coming…

This Thursday is launch day for Windows 7. The question is what are you going to do about it? Myself I’ve been using Win7 for almost 2 months now, thanks to having the Action Pack for work. It is a pretty robust system, loads fast and for the most part, just works. Now, I’ve seen…

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Google Chrome: Whats the big deal?

Posted on May 8, 2009 By Michael Kavka 1 Comment on Google Chrome: Whats the big deal?

So I finally decided to check out Chrome for myself. With all the hype and talk about it, I figured I better at least see what it is like. The install took far longer than what I had expected for a “streamlined” installation. Once installed, it was never able to finish copying settings from my…

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