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XP Reloaded – Dell responds to customer demand

by @ Tuesday, April 24th, 2007. Filed under Infrastructure Architecture, Reviews

Ok, The Portable Consultant spoke a tad too soon when he suggested home users pretend to be a business when ordering online. It seems customers are demanding not to be inflicted with Microsoft Vista’s teething troubles in great enough numbers to force Dell (perhaps others?) to offer new machines preloaded with XP instead. The Register [...]

How to avoid Microsoft Vista problems when buying a new PC or notebook

by @ Wednesday, April 18th, 2007. Filed under Infrastructure Architecture, Reviews

The Portable Consultant may need a new notebook soon and is quite dismayed by the growing pile of Microsoft Vista problems. Thankfully there are ways to buy a new computer with Microsoft XP installed… …pretend you are a business! If you visit a web site such as Dell.com that has the option of indentifying yourself [...]

Cogent/Level 3 and Telus show multiple backbone links are a really good idea

by @ Thursday, October 13th, 2005. Filed under Infrastructure Architecture

The Cogent/Level3 situation and the Canadian Telus IP blockade show the importance of using redundant tier one Internet network providers for even modest web sites.

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