Rob’s Blog

After much anticipation from the tech community, last weekend Microsoft released Window 7 Beta to the public – initially with a 2.5 million download limit (which was removed today). Being the geek that I am, I decided to download and install it and see if the next iteration of Windows lives up to the hype. I was delighted to know that the beta ISO was available on TechNet, which I am a proud (and paid) an member of. Not having to deal with the public download frenzy, I painlessly downloaded the 3+ GB Windows 7 64-bit ISO and began the install process. Here’s my breif review and initial impression of the OS. I will be going in to more detail in future posts. Read more…

It feels like only yesterday when the nVidia 8800GT was making headlines and breaking all sorts of records as the most insane card ever. At $300 for the XFX OC’ed edition, I was lucky to even get my hands on one back then. Now a year later, the 8800GT is old news and is really only desired for SLI applications. Albeit, while it’s still blazing fast, it’s eclipse by the new GTX series by nVidia. Read more…