Farewell to Windows Vista

Windows Vista is approaching its "end of life" date and support is due to expire on Tuesday 11th April 2017. I think it's fair to say this operating system divides opinion. Introduction I love Windows Vista. I think it's great. But you do need some serious horsepower behind it, and my laptop doesn't have it. … Continue reading Farewell to Windows Vista →

Dell Latitude X200 Refurbish

I impulse bought a Dell Latitude X200 laptop from eBay, and you can see the full hardware specifications here: https://www.dell.com/downloads/ca/rpg/x200_spec.pdf. I decided to embark on this refurbishment project back in February 2017 when I spotted a great YouTube video about running modern software on Windows 98: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA58zWmQfC4. Hardware Upgrades My first step was to swap … Continue reading Dell Latitude X200 Refurbish →

Windows Users Should Not be Banned from The Internet

This blog post was originally a rebuttal to a pair of blog posts (neither are still live) that suggested Windows users should be banned from the Internet. Publishing "hot takes" for boosted social media engagement was still quite a novel concept at the time. Ed. Recent articles in the tech world from sites like ComputerWorld … Continue reading Windows Users Should Not be Banned from The Internet →