Tagged: Microsoft Visual Studio

Free Microsoft Software – DreamSpark (via Nick’s Everything Blog)

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Apparently if you are a student you might qualify for free Microsoft Software.

So I wanted to let any students know about a not so publicized aspect of Microsoft. They offer some of their most powerful developer software to students for free. Dreamspark is a site that provides students with 9 developer type packages including Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Pro Edition and Microsoft Expression Studio 2. Prior to learning of Dreamspark I knew little about Expression Studio, but after tinkering with the package for awhile I disc … Read More

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Full Circle: The Return of the Mainframe? Ted Landaus User Friendly View The Mac Observer

Full Circle: The Return of the Mainframe? Ted Landaus User Friendly View The Mac Observer.  I have been concerned about this as well.  Its not that I don’t trust Google/Apple to keep my data, its just that the risk to privacy is too great.  I don’t see how it can be overcome even if the data is encrypted.

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Windows 7 HDD Mirror Issue, SyncQueue TaskGroup (via Software. Efficiency. Scalability.)

So has anyone else experienced the Windows RAID breaking and requiring a lengthy rebuild? Seems like it is more trouble than it is worth on a workstation.

I run Windows 7 on my workstation with SSD + RAID1 setup. The SSD contains Windows, Visual Studio, and some other tools that I use. The mirrored HDDs contain all data files and a backup copy of the SSD. This setup has been working fairly well for me because it gives an outstanding performance of the SSD drive (Windows 7 boots up in under 8 sec) and a stability of RAID1 which prevents any significant data loss. The only disappointing issue so far … Read More

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