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Parallels adds "Express Windows Installation"
I just ran across this over on parallels site: http://parallelsvirtualization.blogspot.com/2006/11/installing-windows-on-mac-is-now.html This sounds like a great feature for their virtualization product. Parallels for OSX is a top notch virtualization...
Posted: Nov 02 2006, 03:27 PM by findleyd
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Convert Thunderbird Email to Windows Mail
I've been converting my thunderbird email boxes to Windows Mail on Vista. To do this you need to use a tool that convert the mbox format to .eml format. I found this free one that seems to work pretty well: http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/th2outlook...
Posted: Sep 05 2006, 10:15 PM by findleyd | with 3 comment(s)
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Made the switch to Vista
Well I took the plunge this weekend and installed the August CTP (build 5536) on my MacBook Pro. I know, I couldnt wait for RC1 to be posted to MSDN. So far everything has been running smoothly. Due to the nature of working on LearnVisualStudio.NET I...
Posted: Sep 05 2006, 01:45 PM by findleyd | with 1 comment(s)
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Microsoft Product Name Generator
Lance and I were musing over some of the recent product renamings and it gave me the idea to throw together a product name generator. Here's my first stab at it: var pfx = new Array("", "Visual ", "Compact ", "Embedded ", "Expression "); var prd = new...
Windows graphics system to be overhauled post Vista
I just found this interesting article on some of the limitations in WDDM 1.0. Looks like most of the issues are around GPU multitaksing where generation 1 will be mostly cooperative multitasking. With some hardware improvements and subsequent software...
Posted: Jun 01 2006, 10:01 AM by findleyd
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See Windows Vista
Just came across http://www.seewindowsvista.com/ . Looks like MS has put up a collection of videos to show off Vista. It's pretty funny seeing Tom Skerritt introducing the demos. If you just sit on the home page for a bit and dont click anything he starts...
Posted: Jun 01 2006, 09:42 AM by findleyd
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Windows Vista Photo Gallery frustrations
I have about 20gig of digital photos. And I'm constantly adding more pictures from my Canon Digital Rebel. I am really looking forward to the Windows Photo Gallery app in Vista. I just installed Vista beta2 and the app seems to run really well. I have...
Posted: May 26 2006, 08:00 AM by findleyd
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