IE8 Beta is gone and hopefully replaced by an improved RC1. A browser capable of remembering passwords doesn’t seem like too much to ask. With any luck at all the tabbed browsing and other improvements will be worth while because the browser will be able to render pages and do the small things that so far have escaped recent Internet Explorer releases.
Some Whine With Your Beta? Read More »
It’s here, it’s public and it’s time to give it a spin. My Windows 7 64bit download was fast and uneventful. While it was downloading I dropped a new hard drive into my existing work box.The system is a couple of years old now and was built using a MSI P35 neo motherboard, Q6850 Intel Quad core, 2 gigs of memory and a once decent 8800GTX vid. card. A nice box when new, but now showing it’s age. I’ll need to double the memory for this to really be ready for Windows 7 and 64 bit computing, but I can add that later. Here are some PC Pitstop test results. [OVERDRIVE]
When Vista first appeared I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. It didn’t take long before I realized it was not ready for prime time. It lived quietly on my laptop while recovering from its UAC-pendectomy.
Windows 7 Beta Takes the Test Read More »
PC Pitstop January 2009 Newsletter #2 Read More »
Welcome to the World of Free Software. We at PC Pitstop have a very unique view on free software because we test so many PC’s every day! As I have already documented, I love free software. Not because of the price tag, but because in many instances, the free software is superior to its capitalistic competitors.
It’s a fine line for a software company, but most freeware entities spend almost all of their activity and money on development. Balance that against a more typical company that spends money on marketing, distribution, OEM partners, etc.
The World of Free Software Read More »
January 14th, 2009 marks an important upgrade to the PC Pitstop OverDrive scan. “World Portable Rank” is now a standard feature of our well known System Analysis Software. Untill now all computers were included in one group to compare rankings and performance. Thanks to Lyle, Sandy, and Kevin, it’s possible to see how your portable stacks up against other portables using this newly created class, No more comparing your 3 lb. ultra-light to my 56 pound gaming box or someones 6 drive RAID array.
World Portable Rank Added to OverDrive Read More »
Yet another reason to re-run the world renowned PC Pitstop OverDrive Scan.
OverDrive features a Memory Load Test that measures the percentage of RAM currently in use on a system.
Use the information in your OverDrive test results to learn more about the RAM usage of the applications that are running on your PC and how to make your system run more efficiently.
OverDrive Update – Memory Load Test Read More »
Users of Seagates 7200.11 Baracuda ES.2 SATA and DiamondMax 22 hard drives are falling victim to a firmware bug as reported by Seagate, various forums, and blogs.
Some users of the Barracuda 7200.11, Barracuda ES.2 SATA, and DiamondMax 22 desktop hard drives are blocked from their data by a firmware bug that is causing lock-ups and/or failures. Users are finding that although data has not been erased from their drives – some data is being rendered inaccessible.
SEAGATE says there is no data loss, but obviously there may be issues for individual users learning how to access or recover the data.
Your Data May Be Lost at Sea(gate). Read More »
Over 3,000 of you responded to our Cell Phone & PC Usage Survey.
Cell Phone & PC Usage – Survey Results Read More »
Thank you for the huge number of questions sent to:
We’ve had an overwhelming response and we’re doing our best to read each and every one. I sincerely wish we could answer your questions directly but the numbers make that impossible. I’ll continue to select those that occur most often. Keep them coming, and don’t be afraid to submit more than once.
Ask the Pros Vol.2 2009 RAID Read More »
*Windows 7 Wish List
*OverDrive OverHaul
*The Best of 2008!
*Ask the Pros – Answers
*Bits from Bill: The Support You Deserve
*TechBite: New Year Time Wasters
*Technologizer: Secret Origins of Clippy
*Open Office Use Soars
*Cell Phones to Replace PCs?
*Tip #1: Icons for Shutdown or Restart
*Tip #2: Open Source, Security Tools
PC Pitstop January 2009 Newsletter Read More »