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I recently downloaded the beta version of the new Windows operating system “Windows 7” and will be the sequel to the Windows Vista operating system from what I have read Windows 7 might be released later this year.  It is a rather large download something like 2.4 GB’s and takes awhile. Then you burn the image to a DVD and install it to a hard drive from the DVD. The first time I was trying to install I kept getting errors and what it turned out to be was the file I downloaded was corrupted and I had to download again and after burning the image to another DVD the installation went flawlessly.  After you get it installed the taskbar is easier to use with thumbnail images to see before you click to open and the positions are swappable. It also resumes from standby almost instantly.  Connecting to your network was very user friendly with the network connection wizard.   All in all everything works fine and is real quick with no problems whatsoever.  Not sure how long they will offer the Windows 7 beta but if you might want to check it out and voice your opinion as to what you like or what you dislike about the operating system.

One thing I have always been interested in was computers well at least since they started making the personal ones that were kind of affordable. I can remember my first computer it was an Atari 400 I think was the model. It was a very basic computer with very limited software in fact the only place in the city I lived that even carried the software for an Atari was a used software store that you could buy and trade in your old software if you so desired for credit on some different software.

The Atari was ok for a first computer but I was soon searching for something with more power. The next computer I bought was a Tandy 1000 it came with a built in 3.5 inch 720k floppy drive and no hard drive what so ever and the keyboard was built into the computer. This is the first computer that I used a modem on and was a 300 baud talk about slow it took forever to download a 65k file. Those days there were few places that you could access the internet and if you could it was very expensive. There was however a few local BBS (bulletin board service) that you could download files read and write messages or in some cases you could chat and play games with other live users.

Again I was starting to outgrow this computer searching for something with more power and more things I could do with. I finally chose a Packard Bell 386 and this one had a hard drive built in with a 130 Meg capacity, 3.5 inch floppy drive and built in 2400 baud modem.

To make a long story short I am not sure how many computers I have owned since the ones mentioned above but have been many and seems like to this day I am still always searching for something with more power and more things I can do with it.

Epson Artisan 800 All-in-One Printer. While there are cheaper all in one printers out there I chose this one because of all the features and quality of the printer and scanned images. While this connects to your computer through a traditional USB cable. If you have more than one computer this has built in Wi-Fi for your wireless network and can also be connected to your router with a network cable so all computers on your network can share the one printer. Another nice feature is the ability to print photos right from the memory card your digital camera uses to store your photos.

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