Microsoft Windows Phone App For Computer

After 7 years with my last computer and windows upgrade it was time to purchase a new computer,. Microsoft office 365 issmuch different then what I'm used to

I am very happy with this computer. Microsoft makes transferring everything a breeze.

Excellent computer, far better than any Microsoft based computer that I have used

I often use my modem on, a Windows 10 computer, to make phone calls, and need to hear the dial-up sounds - to make sure the call is going through, and there is no busy signal. I tried 2 other modems (Lenovo & Sewell) that didn't produce dial-up sounds. Based on the recommendation of a US Robotics tech support rep., I tried the US Robotics model USR5639. It does make dial-up sounds, and dials very fast.

I use this to make system images on Win 7 Pro... before I do windows update (just to be safe, because, you know, microsoft).  Priced right and works for me.  Generally takes two of these to make a system image of my C: drive with 115 GB on it.  Good safety net.

Did you know that you can't even get the computer to work without a Microsoft Login now? Super annoying.

This is a review for the Epson Expression Home XP-5200 Wireless Printer that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review. This is my 4th Epson printer. I've always been very happy with the output quality on every Epson printer that I've owned. This one brings the same great quality, that I've experienced over the probably 20 something years I've been using Epson printers. This is a nice upgrade from my old Epson. I love the color screen and scan the code to setup with your phone app to set up the printer was cool and very easy to use. The app is like exchanging text messages with my new printer friend. Before you know it you're printing from your phone! Once the printer was ready to go thanks to the phone app! I needed it setup on computers around our house. The first computer I setup was waaaaay on the other side of the house. I first tried setting up the printer with Windows add printer set up. It found the printer with no problem. I had to hit setup and then run across the house to get there in time to hit accept connection on the printer. This took several attempts, but I got my workout in for the day running across the house! Once I got the connection on my computer it said, "Driver is unavailable." I then got out the instructions, downloaded the software from step 6 in the instructions. The software wanted to take me through complete setup of the printer again and that was not needed. I didn't see just the drivers on the website so I clicked advanced setup and was able to get the printer installed. Now, I have to do this on 3 other computers in our house. For less tech savvy users I think the instructions need to include what to do for the second computer you are installing the printer on so you don't have to do all the setup steps. Print quality is great and I love the scanner! My 6 year old son helped me set it up and he found it easy to install the ink cartridges.

When Microsoft banned computer hardware that didn't have the TPM chip and therefore would not run Windows 11, I said, That's it. Fool me once Microsoft. shame on you... What's to stop Microsoft from doing this again in the future? I began looking at alternatives and decided that running Windows 11 as a Virtual Machine (VM) inside a product called Parallels Desktop on a Mac was the way to go. I'm one who always assembled his own PC's and keeping my budget at $1000 for the box (no new monitor, keyboard, mouse, external devices) BUT, if I was going to run Windows 11 inside of my new Mac, the Mac had better be on the robust end of the spectrum. My former Macs have always had 8 to 16GB of RAM which was adequate for my usage. But since Windows 11 doesn't thrive until reaching 16GB, I decided that 32GB should be fine with this new Mac (it's perfect) Next, storage. VM's require a lot of storage space. I'm running a Windows 11 VM, Mac Sonoma (this is an additional Mac VM) and a Linux VM. My Mac now has 850GB free on a 2TB drive. Yes, get the 2TB storage! I have no storage insecurity which counts for a lot. Perhaps I'll try moving the VM's to external storage someday but I don't have resources for trying experiments now - using RAID arrays, etc. So now I have an expensive Mac (it's all relative, I know). I justify it by saying that I was going to have to buy my $1000 Windows box anyway plus I wanted the new Mac silicon. Installing Parallels Desktop and the Windows 11 VM is mostly an automated experience. Everything is fast.

I ordered this barebones kit with 16 gb of Crucial memory from B&H, and, of course it was delivered promptly. I got the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 version. I have built several NUCs over the years, and this compact unit was easy to open up. I installed the memory and a Samsung 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD, and downloaded Windows 11 home and used the Microsoft Media creation tool to create a bootable USB drive. I then booted from the USB stick and installed Windows on the Samsung drive in minutes. I already had a key to use to activate. This device adds Windows to my set up, and takes up very little space on the desktop. I am feeding a 4K monitor and I am able to stream sources in 4K HDR with no difficulty. This is not a high performance machine, but it handles Microsoft Office tasks and media comsumption to meet my personal needs. The price was right and I am very pleased.

I had two laptops that were no more than three years old and after the upgrade to Microsoft windows 11 they just seem to slow down. The simple fix was to put two of these drives in the two computers and then clean load Microsoft windows 11 - 64 bit The difference was unbelievable it was almost like a totally different computer and also with a new operating system. These are such a wonderful set of drives and do just fine performance and affordability