I really hate calling customer service numbers and while most companies promise to have excellent customer service, an automated and well built customer computer system, most of them fall short of providing a quick and simple way of dialing in and getting what you want from the vendor. I don’t have a landline and am using a prepaid cell phone and what is annoying is to call a customer and listen through 3-5 minutes of crap. Some vendors even go out of their way and mention all sorts of promotions before you can actually go in and reach a customer …read more

Manufacturers making desktop PC motherboards are struggling with declining sales and it seems the trend would continue throughout the year and probably in the years to come. The reason for this is the growing popularity of netbooks, the availability of cheaper laptops, and maybe the growth of smart phones contribute to consumers’ like for smaller gadgets that provide enough productivity to enable them to work.

The desktop PCs is noticed by Intel which is the reason they held a summit in China for desktop manufacturers to boost the interest and keep companies from moving into different markets.
I myself haven’t used …read more

Image: Screen grab by Jason Bean
I just found out about a little feature of Microsoft Word that I never knew before today.
Where you aware of a feature and file type called a "scrap"?
The file doesn’t even have an extension. It’s just part of the shell command features.
What it lets you do though is highlight a portion of text in your Word document and drag it to the Desktop like a shortcut. You can then, drag it back into another place on your document later when you need. It’s kind of like an extended, persistent clipboard feature.
Might be interested …read more

Image: Screen Grab of Desktop by Jason Bean
I was reminded today of a feature I’d long forgotten about in Windows. The ability to place "active" content that was regularly updated via the Internet. When the feature first came out I guess you could call it the grandfather of what we now called widgets and sidebars, except before you could just put stuff wherever you wanted on your desktop, not just docked to a side of the screen.
Anyway, I was reminded of it today when I was checking some of my desktop settings to see if I could enlarge the …read more

What kind of development and functionality can you imagine being done if this type of “physics” and thought were combined with the Microsoft Surface functionality (official Microsoft Surface site).

This will sound really weird, but one of my favorite little things about Windows is the way the desktop grays out after certain events occur with the operating system.
I realize that the amount of intelligence and programming it took to make that happen is probably less than it takes to operate my Texas Instruments calculator back in high school.
I don’t really know why I like it so much, I just do. There’s no real functionality in it, I just like it.
What are some of the unsung features you love in Windows that nobody else on Earth probably even realizes …read more

I’ve thought of another feature I wish existed for a laptop. I frequently work on people’s computers for them. If I have them bring me their desktop machine I tell them to unplug everything and don’t worry about bringing me the monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc. I’ve got all of these things at my house that I can hook up if I need.
Map Laptop Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor to Desktop Machine
The problem is that I’d like to be able to sit the CPU down next to me on the couch and then sit on the couch with my laptop and review …read more