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In this edition of the Mailbag: Which Windows Phone 8 handset I’ll choose, Windows 8 and BIOS, whether you can revert to Windows 7 after installing Windows 8, photo editing and collection management, evaluating the final version of Windows 8 before it ships, when Media Center will ship for Windows 8, whether Microsoft plans a Surface tablet with a Retina display, whether Windows Server 2012 Standard and Datacenter support centralized PC backup, and when the final version of Windows Server 2012 Essentials will ship....More

Some big changes over the past few months, including the move to Windows 8 and a Windows Server 2012 Essentials-based server, a new 15-inch Ultrabook, a Kindle Fire HD, a new digital camera, and some new software and services....More

Digging through my archives recently, I came across a PC buying guide I apparently wrote in late 1994 and early 1995. While the origins of this document are unclear, it's fun to look back at how much things have changed, and realize how much simpler and less expensive this is today....More

I've been lying to you. In my defense, it was the "good" kind of lie, where I was trying to prevent hurting your feelings. But I'm tired of it. And now I'm just going to tell you what I should have told you all along. And that's this: When it comes to PCs, tablets, smart phones, whatever; market share matters. In fact, it matters more than any other metric you care to name....More

It's been a while since I published a "What I Use" article, but I have an excuse of sorts: When we converted this web site over to Dot Net Nuke, we misconfigured the What I Use page as a static HTML page instead of a dynamic site section where I could add articles over time. That's still not fixed, but I figured I'd jump the gun and provide a quick update....More