Windows 7 Operating Systems

Force Windows 7 to open excel documents in separate windows

Feb 11, 2010 by Paul White

I love windows 7, but I hate the way they open documents under a single window.  I googled for a long time to find a fix for this.  Finally I found the solution.  If you want to force Windows 7 to open your Applications especially Excel, Word, Internet Explorer, Firefox in a new window, then I have the solution. Get ready to make a simple Registry Edit to make windows the way run more like it used to under XP

Adaptec 4805 SAS RAID benchmark on Windows 7 review

Feb 5, 2010 by Paul White

I knew I was going to make the switch to Windows 7, but I wanted to make a few upgrades before I did this.  These upgrades included hot swap trays for my SATA drives, and extending my SAS RAID array from 2 drives to 4 drives.  However this forced me to get a Dedicated RAID controller, as the ASUS board only supports two SAS drives.  On this blog I will focus on the SAS RAID upgrade using the Adaptec 4805SAS RAID card and 4 x 15K RPM Fujitsu SAS Hard Drives.

Windows 7 cutting my electric bill

Jan 25, 2010 by Paul White

Every since the release of Windows 7 my friends have been urging me to make the switch.  They said its faster, and overall better.  Finally after getting ahead of some of my work I took the plunge and made the switch to windows 7.  Probably one of the best decisions I have ever made. If you want to cut your utility bill, I highly suggest you make the switch to windows 7.

SAS RAID 0 VS SCSI RAID 0 VS SATA Benchmarks

Jan 30, 2009 by Paul White

Now that the server world is heavily adopting SATA drives and SAS drives for those who want extra performance,  there are a lot of people wondering how this technology compares to the old IDE and SCSI drives.  Time for some performance benchmarks to put this question to rest. 

Windows 7 to increase hardware sales

Dec 19, 2008 by Paul White

With the huge disappointment of Windows Vista. Microsoft needs to make waves with the highly anticipated Windows 7 OS.  There have been several rumors, some of which could have a huge impact on sales for hardware manufacturers.  Keep in mind there are just rumors.  But if true Microsoft may been a good company to invest  come June 2009.

Most Software still does not Utilize Multicore Chips

Dec 14, 2008 by Paul White

Normally when you upgrade your computer to some new wild multicore chip, as I did with the Intel i7.  You would expect some dramatic performance results.  Unfortunately it would seem that most software was not written to take advantage of the multiple cores.  Read more for an in depth rant about software and the intel i7