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Ah, the joys of running legacy code on a modern computing environment. Roughly every three years we get laptop refreshes, which may sound just about right from hardware progression timelines. The natural and unavoidable side effect of that is operating system is clean again. Meaning, we lose all those years of custom software installations and ...

What is a productive activity to spend across the New year weekend? Upgrade the laptop from x86 Windows 7 to x64 of course! No self-respecting geek would waste time on meaningless actions like popping champange at parties or countdown just to watch silly fireworks. No way. Uh-uh. Just saying. And so I did, finally acting on the plan I've been ...

Ah, spring is approaching. Thereby comes the responsibility of the beasts of the earth who cannot start their engines in cold weather to snap out of their hibernation and carry on with their jobs in the new year. And so must my laptop. Hibernation is a wonderful technological feature that has been with us for nearly a decade. I quantify this ...

If only I could strike a lottery each time I encounter such hurdles to simplistic computing activities, I would be richer than Bill Gates. So Windows 7 is looming near. I hear nothing but praises for it, so I thought I ought to give the beta a drive around the neighbourhood to see how it handles the road. The only real guinea pig ...