Upgrade XP to Windows 7, the magic bullet?
Posted by Mike Halsey in software picks, windows 7 on 11. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
One of the biggest problems with Windows 7 is that the architecture is so radically different to XP as to make upgrading impossible. You can only do a clean install if you want to move from one OS to the newer one. The reason for this is that if Microsoft allowed you to upgrade “in-place”, [...]
Win 7 Power Users Guide author IEEE interview
Posted by Mike Halsey in news on 01. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
2009 was a big year for Mike Halsey after the release of his book, the Windows 7 Power Users Guide and interview requests started coming in. Now the new year is already off with a good start as the latest, and biggest of these is with the IEEE organisation in the January 2010 issue of [...]
25% off the Windows 7 Power Users Guide – Limited time offer!
Posted by Mike Halsey in news, windows 7 on 21. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
To celebrate the launch of Windows 7 as a limited time offer I’ve reduced the price of both the eBook and paperback by 25%. That’s a whopping £10 off the cost of the paperback and the eBook is now only £2.99.
You can only get this discount on this link, http://stores.lulu.com/windows7 but remember, this special offer [...]
The Windows 7 Power Users Guide “Unbeatable”
Posted by Mike Halsey in guides and how to's on 02. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
It’s been a tense time but the first review of my book was published overnight. Digitizor.com are an on-line magazine saying they’re “your guide to everything technological”. The’re article base is extremely wide (hopefully so too is their readership). They emailed me last night to say they liked the book so much they wanted to [...]
Windows 7, will it do it for you? ;)
Posted by Mike Halsey in windows 7 on 22. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
Everybody who upgrades to Windows 7, be it from XP or Vista, will have a good reason for doing so. I thought I’d look at a few of these and examine whether Windows 7 is likely to meet expectations.
Buying a new PC
If you’re buying a new PC then you’re going to get Windows 7. This [...]
