This person is really dedicated – he created a video depicting him upgrading Microsoft Windows from the very first version to Windows 7.
Geeks and techies – grab a cup of coffee and enjoy 10 minutes of nostalgia and blue installation screens:
Archive for the ‘Computers’ category
Upgrading Windows. All of them.
March 3rd, 2011I Know Just How This Feels
January 14th, 2011Sure, sometimes it’s cool to teach people to use the computer.
But sometimes, you really just wanna kill them. I just know how this feels:
The Evolution of Hard Drives
January 1st, 2011
From the Punch Card to the Magnetic Disk, all the way to Microdrive and Flash memories – here is the history of the Hard Drives.
My New IBM Keyboard
April 29th, 2010New, of course, is a very relative term.
This is a Model M IBM keyboard, that was manufactured on May 1st, 1987. It ways about 3 KG and it has absolutely no media buttons. 
It’s one of the best keyboards I’ve ever typed on, and I intend to keep it as my main keyboard for now. This lovely keyboard gives a wonderful typing sensation, which is something I really miss in modern keyboard. My Logitech wireless keyboard is very good, but nothing compares to this piece of IBM hardware. And of course, the wonderful clicking sound that’s being generated by this keyboard is unmatched.
And there she is:
Sony Kills Production of Floppy Disks
April 27th, 2010
When was the last time you’ve touched or even seen a floppy disk? Most computers don’t even have a floppy drive, these days. For 41 years the floppy format prevailed, but we are finally seeing the end of it.
Sony has announced it will put an end to floppy disk production in its home country of Japan. This step marks the end of the floppy era. Floppies are no longer sold in most areas. Sony said it now expects to stop sales of 3.5-inch disks in Japan by March 2011. Developing markets like India continue to sell the disks today, but that probably won’t last long, either.
This step is the result of changes in design philosophy and technology. In 1998, Apple was one of the first computer manufactures to ship machines with no floppy drives. The format has started its declined with the appearance of CDs, external Hard Drives and of course, flash memory and Disk on Key products. Floppies with a memory of 1.44 MB are really of no use to anyone these days, not to mention their notorious tendency to get damaged or become unreadable.
Invented by the American information technology company IBM, floppy disks in 8-inch (203 mm), 5+1⁄4 in (133 mm), and 3+1⁄2 in (89 mm) formats enjoyed nearly three decades as a popular and ubiquitous form of data storage and exchange, from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s.
Farewell, floppies, and thanks for all the bytes.
