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Cabello, Karen Mars T.
COMP04 CZ
2nd year – BSCS
1st of September 2009

Windows Vista

• The successor to Windows XP
• Microsoft’s fastest, most reliable and efficient operating system to date (together with Windows 7)
• Offers quicker application start-up, built-in diagnostics, automatic recovery, improved security, new interface, easier navigation and enhanced searching and organizing capabilities.
• Available in several editions, which are grouped in three general categories: Basic, Premium and Ultimate – each designed for a different level of user.
• All editions include a firewall, parental controls, search capability, a photo library, movie maker, media center functionality, DVD authoring, HDTV support, wireless networking automatic configuration, and Tablet PC support.
• System requirement: computer should have more than 512MB of RAM.

WINDOWS VISTA FEATURES
Reliability and Performance

• New Sleep state combines resume speed of Windows XP Standby mode and low power consumption of Hibernate mode
• Automatically detects and fine tunes performance problems
• Built-in hardware diagnostics detect and repair problems automatically
• Automatically recovers from failures, including restoring an unbootable computer to a usable state
• Security User Account Protection allows administrators to restrict permissions
  Improved firewall
• Protects users from dangerous Web sites
  

Information Management

• Document Explorer (replaces My Documents in Windows XP) helps users locate documents by showing thumbnails that preview documents’ content and allowing users to adjust thumbnail size to view a document without opening it
• Virtual Folders store each criteria as part of the folder that instantly runs each time the folder opens, enabling users easily to locate documents stored anywhere on the computer
• Use Quick Search to locate files based on file name or any other property saved with the file
• Easily share files with other users

Appearance and Navigation

• Easy-to-navigate interface with translucent windows to minimize distraction
• Flip through thumbnails of open windows using the mouse or keyboard
  Windows Sidebar connects to personalized mini-applications, called gadgets, such as weather, photos or headline news
• Improved wizards
  Common dialog boxes shared by all applications

Communications and the Internet

• Enhanced Internet Explorer
• Improved e-mail program with built-in spam filter
  Consistent and secure wireless network connections
  

Finally! =)

Here's my last review for the preliminary lab exam... ;)

This final one falls under the input devices category; and specifically, I will share my own blog about the amazing DocuPen RC800 Portable Scanner.

Why do I say it's amazing? Well it does not only scans pictures, but it can also store scanned image and documents; and it's not the usual scanner we see but take a look at this image below:

Yes! Your eyes are not mistaken! The DocuPen I'm talking about just looks like a pen but this thing is just no ordinary scanner for it simply couldn't be that small and still work (it's almost nine inches long and a half-inch wide, and weighs two ounces). But that impression was quickly set aside, once I read about its specs. :)

The scanner works quite simply by dragging it down the page you're scanning. If you go too quickly a red LED blinks to slow you down. You have a choice of resolutions and colors, chosen by pressing one of the two buttons on the scanner. Plugging the scanner into the computer using the included USB cable starts the import process.

Resolution is up to 400 dpi, and the scanner has 8 MB of memory built in. You can install a MicroSD memory card for up to 2 GB of memory.

Here's a the specific parts of the DocuPen:

The lithium ion battery recharges through the USB cable and it scans as fast as four seconds per page. Though the quality can't compare with flatbed scanners, DocuPen RC800 is lightweight, portable, fast and easy to use. It also comes with software and leather pouch.

This was the one that I presented to the class last Tuesday, 21st of July 2009 and I was so pleased that my classmates were amazed and they really paid close attention. ;)

Hello there! =)

This is my second review for the preliminaries’ requirement for the COMP04 Lab… really, I only not consider writing this composition just for the sake of completion… but I find doing my own blogs an enjoyable one… it’s like I’m talking to the one who read this.=)

Anyways, I’ve chosen to focus searching for printers as my review for the latest trends. The one I’ve picked is the Epson WorkForce 500 which belongs to the multifunction printers.

Indeed! It’s multifunctional because it’s so well equipped that it can print, copy, scan, fax and photo, all 5-in-1! I’ve also read that it can also print up to 33 ppm in black and colored wherein there’s an automatic Auto Photo Correction. (You may also check out the site: http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?cookies=no&oid=63075462&RMID=200101_SOHOnewsletter&RRID=1011748777&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes)

I’ve chosen to present this particular multifunctional printer because I was amazed with it’s specs wherein people could readily create astonishing outputs and remarkable promotional materials at work, even at home and especially for us students at school.

Moreover, the Epson WorkForce 500 has a built-in memory card slots and 2.5 inch LCD that is very useful for us when printing that uses only up to three times less power than a laser printer and it also have a built-in, 30-page ADF including OCR creative software.

I was really amazed with this device because it can print photos even without the presence of computer because of its built-in memory card slots, PictBridge that will be displayed through a 2.5 inch LCD.

This printer has so much more in details that I could furthermore enumerate, but just feel free to visit the site that I mentioned above and you could also search through the web. I guarantee that you would also be interested with this multifunctional printer.

***I would like to say my sincere apologies to ma'am dada because I have neglected updating my blogsite... but I will seriously do my responsibility in this subject this time... please standby for my latest post... as in... my - own - post / my - own - blog - in - my - own - words...***