Windows Enterprise Desktop:

April, 2012


April 6, 2012  4:48 PM

Interesting Windows 8 Issues on Lenovo X220 Tablet



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Lenovo X220 tablet makes a good Win8 machine, Lenovo X220 Tablet suffers from backup and restore issues, some driver issues for Lenovo X220 Tablet running Win8

All in all, I've been pretty impressed with the X220 Tablet PC from Lenovo. It ran Windows 7 like a champ with good performance and touch response. Once I learned that a clean install of Windows 8 actually works better than an upgrade install from 7 to 8 in terms of drivers and touch, I have come...

April 4, 2012  6:25 PM

Windows 8 Exposure Without Killing Older Windows Installs



Posted by: Ed Tittel
running Windows 8 inside or alongside other OSes, the dual-boot Windows 8 option, the virtual machien Windows 8 option

Everybody's curious about Windows 8. But unless you work in a test lab, or have extra PCs to burn, you may not have a spare machine lying around on which to run the latest controversial Windows OS (or the budget necessary to buy another PC for that purpose). What to do? What to do? [caption...


April 2, 2012  2:56 PM

Windows 8 Start Button Still Off the Table (or Tablet…)



Posted by: Ed Tittel
MS exec indicates Start Button still out of Windows 8 design, MS to provide tutorials and navigation aids to address user desktop confusion in Win8

I'm not completely sure that the status of a Start Menu in Windows 8 isn't a tempest in a teapot, but the controversy around this topic continues unabated. The Microsoft Pri0 (MS-speak for "Top Priority") column at The Seattle Times (a frequent source of "inside scoop" on all things...