8/23/2007

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Return of the ThinkPad Beep

8/23/2007 in Geek Stuff by Elliot Lee | 1 comment

I recently installed Windows Vista, and guess what was one of the first things to happen? I was typing along merrily, when suddenly a heart-wrenching beep! sounded in my ears.

Yes, it was the infamous ThinkPad beep. How anyone ever thought this was a good idea is beyond me. Now that I finally have Vista, I can show you what the process looks like in this OS. Thankfully, it’s very similar to how it works in XP.

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Windows Vista Review

8/23/2007 in Computer Tips by Elliot Lee | No comments

I just installed Windows Vista Home Premium on my Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad Z61t. Yes, after many months, I finally got fed up with XP and decided to dive into Vista with a fresh install, deleting my previous partition and starting off new. It was a fairly smooth experience, and I definitely like what Microsoft has done with Vista over XP.

Two gripes:

  • Internet Explorer 7 is automatically installed, no questions asked.
  • Homepage is set to MSN.com by default. Thus, virtually every single person in the world will see MSN.com, no matter what. Read the rest of this entry »