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1. 
   Review - Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit

   Release Candidate 1 (RC) (May 5, 2009)

   Stable, fast, outperforms Vista and even XP in many areas.
   
   Need some more 64-bit 3rd party application support still, but that's not the fault of the OS.
   
   Boots fast, GUI is extremely responsive, taskbar is nearly flawless.

2. 
   Review - Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit

   Release Candidate 1 (RC) (May 5, 2009)

   Yay! for trolls.
   
   "Looks like KDE" *laughing*
   
   Yeah, you need glasses, sparky.
   
   "runs as slow as vista"
   
   Hmm.... Sounds like your problem. Everyone who's actually *run* it is saying it performs *far* better.

3. 
   Review - Defraggler

   1.09.138 (Apr 14, 2009)

   Issues: Extended defrag times, and disappearing HDD space during defrag.
   
   Solution: Disable System Restore and the Pagefile (may require reboot) Defrag - re-enable System restore and Pagefile.
   
   They *really* need to "lock" system restore while defragging to solve this glitch. The pagefile thing is just a preference, really.
   
   Do the above, however, and it will work flawlessly for almost all.
   
   (This does *not* apply to single-file or selection-mode defrag, it will work fine for that without the above steps.)

4. 
   Review - Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit

   Beta (Jan 9, 2009)

   Gawd, what a bunch of whiners. Yeah, they screwed up and should have known better. It sucks that they had to go and screw up the first beta release of a perfectly good OS.
   
   That's a strike against Microsoft, not the product you are "supposedly" reviewing.
   
   If you haven't tried the OS, don't rate it, morons. Duh?
   
   Using the build now, activated. Handles much better than Vista does (What does that tell us...beta code running better than the current platform..)
   
   Vista wasn't the best. It's launch was horrifying. It's a decent OS now, and Windows 7 blows it out of the water.
   
   I'm one of those "technical types" running it as my primary OS. It is faster, more stable, and (subjectively) more responsive than Vista ever was.
   
   Download link:
   http://download.microsof...te-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso

5. 
   Review - CrystalCPUID

   4.15.1.450 (Jul 11, 2008)

   mjm....
   
   *laughing*
   
   Damn you. This keyboard cost me $60 bucks!

6. Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?

   4.15.1.450 (Nov 20, 2009 - 3:21 PM)

   Oh, come on...admitting to owning an Osmonds 8-track?
   
   Isn't that one of the cardinal sins or something???

7. Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?

   4.15.1.450 (Nov 20, 2009 - 12:01 PM)

   No, it's not.
   
   Stating this is running on a $4500 Dell workstation, with 2 monitors, and that I have a brand-new 17" MBP (running Win7 natively) sitting next to those two monitors would be showing off...and I would never do that.
   
   Neither would I mention that all of this is sitting on my desk @ work while I surf the web.
   
   I might mention how I love my job, though. :)

8. Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?

   4.15.1.450 (Nov 20, 2009 - 9:40 AM)

   Scratch previous comments regarding the uselessness of this OS. I simply wasn't creative enough.
   
   This will work perfectly as a VM (Well, for me, anyway). I have VBox set up on my work system (seamless) so that I can be connected to my Work Network (host) and our "contractor" DSL (guest) at the same time. (Helps me get around the speed limitations of our corporate network for file transfers and obviously, bypassing the proxy is a bonus).
   
   This would be perfect for that...so long as Firefox makes a version of their browser to run on it. ;)

9. Comment - PDC 2009: What have we learned this week?

   4.15.1.450 (Nov 20, 2009 - 9:32 AM)

   Been using Office 2010 since it hit Technet.
   
   Interface seems greatly improved....still can't "tear off" the fill/font color/border menus though. :/
   
   Outlook is incredibly slow for me, though this could be a combination of things not entirely Microsoft's fault. IMAP and Google may simply not be getting along right now. I'll give it time.
   
   They also took away my ability to "pin" the "save as 2000/20003" to the Quick Access Toolbar, that I had in Office 2007.
   
   FWIW: I prefer Office 2007 at this point, but it's still a Beta, so it will hopefully improve greatly yet.

10. Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?

    4.15.1.450 (Nov 20, 2009 - 9:27 AM)

    Don't feed him. He's the cosmos's response to fatty in an attempt to balance the universe. Both are the absolute extremes of their bias, completely out of touch with reality and thus, completely irrelevant.