I have recently changed jobs, and as part of my standard kit when I joined was a brand new HP Elitebook 8460p. Not a bad system, a pretty peppy Intel Core i5, and a Sandy Bridge chipset. It came with 4G of Ram, and our standard Win 7 x64 image. SH...
As a Product Manager for a scientific instrument, part of our system is a "controller". This is nothing more than asimple PC that can run our software and doesn't have any conflicts with our system. Recently, the system we used went end of sales (...
I know that Windoes 7 can be ultra stable and reliable. I have used it for mor than 2 years, and it was rock solid. Now I know that it can be made to be unreliable, unstable, and glitchy. Where I work, there are all kinds of additions. Full disk e...
I rarely complain about regulations. I know that many, if not most of them are really for the best. We know what happens when there isn't any oversight at all. But once in a while, I have a real WTF moment. RoHS, or Reduction of Hazardous Substanc...
Continuing on the theme of bad UI, this week's hall of shame goes to VMWare. Sad, because they used to "get it", or so it seemed to me. Background: I have long been a VMWare user. I have (purchased) a license for Workstation and Fusion, the deskto...
So, I have recently taken a new job (it is a kick ass place to work too), and have moved. In the process of buying a house, a lot of sensitive infomation is exchanged. Particularly around the documentation required for a home loan. Email has becom...
I am a tech head, and I do have a thing for cars. I drive a pretty sweet Honda S2000, and I have ridden performance motorcycles for most of my life. So I know a thing or two about a well running car. This morning, while walking my dogs, I walked b...
While I am no longer in a realm that has to integrate with MFP (multi-function peripherals), I now use them more than ever. For the record, I am talking about the upper end HP office printer/scanner/facsimile machines. The ones that integrate with...