Windows 7 is here, and while anyone can go to a number of places to learn about the technical bells and whistles of the newest operating system from Microsoft, most business owners don't use bells and whistles as a business reason for upgrading. From a business perspective, why would anyone want to plan the move to Windows 7?
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In the "Olden Days", the list of communication vehicles was quite small. Face to face, Parcel Post or Telephone were pretty much the only normal modes of exchanging information. Then in the late 1980's the fax machine started its rise to power as the new "instant" form of 1-way communication, and the information race started.
20 years later we have so many ways to communicate, it's daunting. Land lines, VoIP, Cellular, Twitter, Texting, Facebook, LinkedIn, IM, "snail" mail, E-Mail, Fax, etc. Many of these technologies have huge overlaps so you can email, text, websurf, IM and twitter directly from your cell phones. The computing power in a plain old "Dumb" cellular phone far surpasses the computing power the Apollo 11 Astronauts had at their disposal while the "smart" phones, PDA's, iPhones and Blackberries are just phenomenally-complex and intricate devices that we take for granted.
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Just about every company out there has some sort of computer system. Whether it's a single PC running Quickbooks, a peer-to-peer system in a small office or a full-fledged domain-controlled network in a large office, PC's are everywhere. A lot of times it is obvious as to what kind of PC or network you should have. The problems arise when a company starts with one kind of network or PC because that's all they can afford. Later, when they grow larger, the choices they made while small can cause problems, costing significant amounts of money to fix.
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Ok, not all my posts are technical, informative or even coherent. This is probably one of them, but I am excited about my bags of crap.
Let me back up a sec. If you’ve never been to www.woot.com, you might want to take a gander. They sell one thing a day. It’s usually electronic in nature and at a very good price. If it sells out, it says “Sold Out” until Midnight when another product comes on. Sometimes the product doesn’t sell out, so there’s a few left over.
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As an avid IBM supporter I am the first person to tell you that Microsoft trounces IBM when it comes to marketing their products. This has bothered me for years. Every time I go to Lotusphere in Orlando, FL I see all the cool new products that IBM is releasing and then I hear absolutely nothing for an entire year until the next Lotusphere. IBM marketing just doesn’t seem to exist anywhere!
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Did you know that Microsoft offers FREE tools? Here is a list of some of what they have to offer that you might find useful:
"Get a free PC safety scan" from Microsoft is a tool that checks for viruses and overall PC health, plus a free Malicious Software Removal tool. Go to www.microsoft.com, under "Using your computer" (bottom of the page) for these free tools.
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