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Norman is raising funds for Movember! |
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Our president, Norman Di Pasquale has decided to join a global movement that is bringing much needed attention to prostate cancer. I'm doing this by growing a Moustache this Movember, the month formerly known as November. The funds raised go directly to Prostate Cancer Canada. To make a donation, you can either: * Click this link http://ca.movember.com/mospace/407048/ and donate online using your credit card or PayPal account
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Domain Registry of Canada letters are a scam! |
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If you get a letter in the mail from Domain Registry of Canada, throw it away! These guys are trying to trick you into thinking they are your domain hosting company to get money from you. They probably go through a database of domain holders in Canada, then send them a letter implying that their domain will expire. They are ridiculously expensive and extremely unethical for trying to trick people with their legitimate looking communications. Shame on you guys!
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Want to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7? No problem! |
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We at En Vogue Computers have developed a method for upgrading Windows XP to Windows 7 WITHOUT you having to reinstall all your programs and settings! Think of all the time and hassle you will save doing your upgrade in this painless fashion! This completely takes the hassle and worry out of upgrading Windows XP to Windows 7. Windows 7 also has the capability of running Windows XP mode in the background for programs that require XP to function, so between us making the upgrade painless and the compatibility of having XP in the background, there is no reason not to upgrade to Windows 7! Call us and get the newest technology for your computers; did we mention that Windows 7 runs quite well on older computers, even ones that cannot run Vista properly?
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Review of Windows 7, out on October 22nd! |
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With Windows 7's launch date in four days (October 22, 2009), I thought I would release a review on my two months of using it on my main laptop: Windows 7 has been impressive for the most part: what I have like most over Vista is that it loads very quickly, runs error free and runs legacy programs that I have tested without issue. Taking a page from Apple, applications can be pinned to the taskbar and called up when needed by right clicking on them and selecting "pin to taskbar". Shadow Copy, which allows you to roll back to earlier versions of a document, is now built in; simply right click on a document and select "Restore Previous Versions". There are also some great applications built in such as a "Post-it" Notes program and a snipping tool for copying information on your screen. I also like that you can control which icons appear in the System Tray area through the Start Menu properties. There is also an easy wizard for connecting to a projector as well as a projector control application. What I do not like is the loss of a few applications: there is no longer a built-in email client, and Windows Movie Maker has been pulled as well. Microsoft prefers that people use their MSN Live applications but these are no substitute for the built-in programs that were more feature rich.
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Canada's Federal Government offers 100% Capital Cost Allowance on Computer purchases! |
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Through Canada's Economic Action Plan, the federal government is helping businesses in all sectors of the economy by providing a temporary 100-percent capital cost allowance (CCA) rate on new computer hardware and systems software acquired after January 27, 2009, and before February 1, 2011. This initiative will cost an estimated $340 million in 2009-2010 and $355 million in 2010-2011. There has never been a better time to upgrade your computer systems! About the Initiative: The CCA system determines how much of the cost of a capital asset, such as a new computer, a business may deduct each year for tax purposes. The temporary 100-percent CCA rate on new computer hardware and systems software will encourage and assist businesses to increase or accelerate investment in computers. This will help boost Canada's productivity through the faster adoption of newer technology. How It Works: The regular CCA rate on computer hardware and systems software is 55 percent, subject to the half-year rule that restricts CCA deductions to one half of the CCA deductions otherwise available in the first year. The new temporary 100-percent CCA rate will allow businesses to fully deduct the cost of eligible computers in just one year because the half-year rule will not apply. New general-purpose electronic data processing equipment and systems software that are acquired by a taxpayer for use in a business in Canada are eligible. This includes ancillary data processing equipment and systems software.
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Windows 7 on the horizon... |
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The new version of Windows, tentatively (I guess) called Windows 7 is coming! Microsoft Certified Partners (such as us) will be able to download the completed version on August 16th. I cannot wait to install it on my Vista machines as it is supposed to much faster than Vista. I also really like the XP Mode option, where you can run Windows XP programs in a Virtual Machine mode. I have found that Vista cannot run some programs that ran well in XP so this is a great feature. There is no reason for Microsoft to be embarrassed about this feature; Apple does this as well with their Mac Classic VM for older software. A review of the completed version of Windows 7 will come here in August .
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