Limitations of contemporary computers

Modern day computers are a product of technology advancement which is very good. But these computers from my own experience with them have some limitations. 

Though, some of these limitations are there in order to prevent consumers from altering default settings/installations from the manufacturers but I think manufacturers ought to put into consideration that some consumers may not be satisfied with some of these factory settings/installations and want to customize to suit their purpose. This “customization” may also include downgrading into a lower version of windows operating system. That is exactly where am heading to. 

A couple days back a client brought a lap top to me. This laptop was HP i5 Series; a very good system with a fantastic speed but the client complained bitterly about a challenge he was facing with the system. He was experiencing crazy consumption of internet data by the system. He could exhaust N8000 worth of data in 3 days without downloading. Quite surprising! I suggested system downgrade to him but that was the beginning of my adventure.  

I started the downgrading process but on getting to the hard disk section with a click on the next button a dialog box popped up saying “this hard disk is GPT partitioned therefore, windows can’t be installed on it”. Anyway I got that solved and successfully downgraded the system from windows 8 to windows vista.

 On booting to desktop I discovered that none of the system’s driver was active. Including the universal serial bus controller(USB). That was strange! I began drivers installation but to my amusement, none worked. Strange again! I went online still no solution. I spent the whole day on that system with no head way.

The next day I went online to HP official website to check the profile of that system. It was stated clearly that available compatible drivers for the system are only windows 8 oriented. WHY? I think there should be some flexibility.

This is just one out of the numerous limitations that I have pointed out.

……………………………...more revelations yet to come. See ya!

New innovation to handy computers

Rolltop, as the name goes, is a foldable device that forms a cylindrical shaped entity when closed and when opened, it can be re-sized into different devices such as laptops, ipad/tablets, LCD monitors or TV screen etc.

Features

Pen Touch screen

17 inch screen

Web cam

Loud speakers

USB port

Power cord

Flexibility

Space saving

Light weight

Easy mobility amongst others.

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This windows XP has refused to die

The launch of Windows XP by Microsoft Corporation about two decades ago was a huge success and break through for Microsoft. It was the first time Microsoft was coming out with an operating system with a great and fantastic user friendly interface coupled with ease of working with it. Windows XP carried newer features that were not available in previous operating systems like Window 2000, 98, and 95. XP audio visual characteristic was so unique and fascinating that it became the toast of the whole world. Even software companies had to go back to the drawing board to roll out softwares that were compatible with Windows XP. The impact of XP on the internet cannot be over emphasized as websites designs and creation got better under the XP platform.

Windows XP thrived for a whole decade before Microsoft decided to upgrade it into Window Vista. People were already too acquainted with XP that they never wanted a change. Everybody remained stocked timidly to XP disregarding whatever Vista had to offer. Quite unlike when XP came on board and everybody had to upgrade their systems to XP. This was not the case with Vista. Nobody was upgrading XP to Vista, rather they preferred to downgrade Vista, Window 7 to XP. Only newer model of systems came with Vista already installed.

Today, the effort to scrap XP completely has continued to intensify. Now XP has compatibility issues with most contemporary hard disk. XP cannot be loaded on these hard disk. Not even SATA XP.

Newer versions of most softwares like office 2010, 2013, .Netframework 4.5 etc cannot run on XP. Even newer versions of web applications like YahooMessenger, Bluestacks, Biometric data capture e.t.c have incompatibility issues with XP currently.

Now, whether we like it or not, we are forced to upgrade XP to Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. Or else we would be setting a limitation for ourselves.

Even some newer laptops presently run on only Windows 8/8.1. Any attempt to downgrade it to Windows 7 or Vista would not work because the hard disk is GPT, hence downgrading it results in driver incompatibility issues.

  

The evolution of windows operating system

Bill Gate is the brain behind Microsoft Corporation. A company based in the United States of America which has spread it tentacles into all businesses and offices all over the world. The Microsoft Office package remains a unique package that every business and office cannot do without all over the world. Microsoft is a company that has distinguished itself when it comes to software programming, rolling out various softwares that has made a lot of difficult task as easy as ABC. Bill Gate, a school drop out, founded Microsoft at a time when the world was yearning for a complete technological revolution . It all started with a humble beginning when Xerox a world class technological company needed set a of programing algorithm that could perform certain function and ease off some challenges that the company was facing. Bill Gate stepped into the picture presenting a set algorithm that solved this problem. Bill Gate not relenting on his effort continued to perfect his hands on writing program algorithm until he wrote a set of algorithm that changed the world. That was the beginning of Microsoft. Microsoft has continued to wax stronger year in year out, improving on every bit of what it already had on ground.

Microsoft Operating Systems called Windows had undergone a lot of evolution in recent times. Starting with the Disk Operating System (DOS) and then evolved to Windows 98. Then came Windows 2000 which gave birth to Windows XP. Windows XP was a big break through for Microsoft Corporation because of its user friendly interface and exciting Graphics user interface (GUI).

Window Vista was an improvement on XP. Microsoft felt it needed to add more exciting features to what it already had ground which were not available on XP. Windows Vista provided a platform for this.

The quest for speed, performance and better graphics interface made Microsoft to upgrade Vista to Windows 7. Window 7 remains Microsoft best graphics operating system.

Then came Windows 8 which was more like a phone operating system since mobile phone operating system became the trend in vogue. Windows 8 was slightly improved to Windows 8.1. Though not much glaring differences between Windows 8 and 8.1.

Today Microsoft is projecting its Windows adventure further as it has added windows 10 to its portfolio. Windows 10 is quite unique but it is easily prone to malware.

The unbeatable computer application

Can anyone confirm if there is a rivalry alternative software program to Microsoft Office package. Unlike other computer programs that have alternatives, there seems to be no competition for Microsoft Office application.

Windows operating system has competitors like MAC operating system, LINUX, Android operating system etc. There are varieties of browsers other than Internet explorer such as Firefox, Safari, Opera, Google chrome etc. What about media players? So many better alternatives other than window media player like Video Lan Coverage (VLC media player), Total Video converter media player (TVC), media monkey, itunes e.t.c. Anti virus software are uncountable-Avast, McAfee, Eset, Panda e.t.c There are other Graphics software other than Corel draw like Nero Graphics suite, Instant Artist, Print Artist, Autocad e.t.c. But am yet to see an alternative for Microsoft Office software.

No computer is complete until Microsoft Office has been fully installed. Even the mobile phone version is now available. Therefore, users of smartphones, iphones, tablets, ipad can get their office work done on their devices.

Microsoft office package has proved itself over and over again to be the only complete and perfect application for office use, hence no software company is thinking of modifying it or coming out with a better office package.

From Ms word, Ms Excel to Ms powerpoint, they all give users an exciting computing experience, making office work as easy as ABC.

A large chunk of Microsoft success came as a result of its distinguished and unique office package. Microsoft in its tireless and not relenting nature has continued to improve on its office software almost on  yearly bases. With office 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2013 representing the contemporary office packages.

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      The pleasure is my whenever am permitted to share my surface, minute and faint knowledge of ICT with the rest of the world.It also gladdens my heart whenever I share my thoughts, knowledge and experiences with others. Become a WIZIAN today! Scroll down to the bottom of this blog, subscribe to our mailing list and get news update from us. Don't forget to leave a comment below after reading this post.