There has been a lot of hullabaloo about the recently discovered ‘GOD’ mode in Windows 7 and thus I figured I would help spread the knowledge. Below you will find instructions on how to enable this mode and a few screen shots of what you will end up with. Enjoy. Create a new folder on [...]
Microsoft has unleashed its new free security suite as of September 29, 2009. Microsoft Security Essentials is the new free product that works on most iterations of Windows and will protect pc’s against virus’, spyware, and malware. MSE, as its commonly known, is available in both 32bit and 64bit versions from the following site: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/. [...]
I have now been running Windows 7 x64 ever since the release candidate on my Mac Pro. Bootcamp 3.0 was released with the latest iteration of the Apple OS X operating system, Snow Leopard. The Mac Pro really shines in terms of hardware design and thus I wanted to share the Windows Experience Index. The [...]
So you are running Windows7 on your computer and you see a large hibernation file. The hibernation file is, in essence, only useful on laptops/netbooks; devices that run on battery power. Basically the hibernation file stores the last state of your machine as it is gracefully shutdown when your computer has reached the low battery [...]
So you have been running Windows 7 x64 Beta, Release Candidate, or later on your Mac Pro and you want to update it to a clean install of the final RTM version. There is the easy way and there is the hard way. I have tried both so I will list them below and then [...]
The previous post shows the performance of a Corsair SSD drive on a Mac Pro (8 core with 8gb ram). Click on the Windows 7 logo for the full performance results image. I don’t quite understand what we need, in terms of hard disks, to get a higher score. I figured the Corsair P256 SSD [...]
My mac pro now is in ‘boot camp’ mode and running Windows 7 RC x64 with the Corsair P256 SSD (CMFSSD-256GBG2D). The install was smooth. I, of course, had to do a HD TACH test and post the results. The image is below and speaks for it self. Click on the individual images to see [...]
