Yes, Yes... Our Blog section is finally getting an update. We have had a lot going on with web sites and Windows Vista upgrades. That's right, there actually are some people upgrading to Vista even after all the reviews. The bulk of us here at The Technology Works have had plenty of time to formulate our own opinions about the new operating system... even with the time change.

Our experience with Vista has brought us to the same conclusion as most everyone else who has cared to express their epinions and that is that once you get past the "G-Wiz" of the updated look and feel there is really nothing solid to warrant an upgrade at this time. I mean, it is true that if you have the hardware to support it, the 64-bit version of Vista can be more efficient than the 32-bit version of XP that most of us use. Well, DUH, right? The issue with this is that most of the hardware and applications currently available to the mainstream are developed or written for a 32-bit operating system. This makes compatability an issue. I know, I know... most of the upgrades being done are using the 32-bit version of Windows Vista that most hardware and even some software are becoming more compatable with. IMO, though, this only makes the upgrade even more trivial. Especially when all the reviews from tech sites are reporting that Vista is actually slower than XP in almost every benchmark when comparing 32-bit versions.

So why all the hype and hoop-lah with the release of Windows Vista? Honestly, we don't know. On one hand, if forced to produce a positive comment for the new OS, we would mention the cleaner look and feel. Truthfully the new look is very nice and regardless of what the benchmarks depict Vista does feel faster when navigating the internet or local files and folders. We just aren't sure if these "features" warrant a $100-$280 price tag at this time.

Generally a good policy concerning the early adoption of new technology is simply, "If it isn't broken, then don't fix it." ... which leads me to my comments on the recent time change.

Yikes.

I have had a lot of questions about how to fix the time on computers since the time change. The fix can be easy and by now most computers have probably sorted themselves out. What an incredible amount of nearsightedness ran rampant with the recent time change, though! Did we not learn anything from Y2K or are we not able to remember that far back? Seriously, in about mid 1998 we started preparing for the computers limitations in handling a 4-digit expression of the current year. By the time we neared the end of 1999 we had become obsessed with what seemed like a disastorous technological  limitation. The rollover came and went and we managed to keep things under control. Well, aside from the massive amounts of money the government and corporations spent on preparedness.

Now, enter spring 2007. It seems that in a blatant laugh into the face of reason we as a country actually caused an event similar to what we worried about with the approach of the year 2000. By mod'ing the date of the time change without letting our computers know we actually tricked them into a time challenged stupor. Bravo!

So, if your computer has not sorted out what time it is yet then you should open the control panel for "date and time" and force it to update with the time server of your choice. Once you do this you should double check your time zone settings to make sure they havent been altered.

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