Apple have released a big update today with a whole range of fixes including one for the new late 2009 iMac’s video and performance issue, the update is 500MB do you might want to start downloading it.
Full details of the update can be found here
This is Apple’s first big update for Snow Leopard taking the version to 10.6.2 with more than 30 fixes in the list, we have already downloaded and installed it on our own Mac’s with no issues so far.
As you may have heard Windows 7 has now launched, With Windows 7 comes a new Remote Desktop Client which has a lot of new features, the main ones you might be interested in are -
You can find a full list of the changes and the download for Windows XP (SP3) and Windows Vista here
This new Remote Desktop Client is mainly to work with the new Remote Desktop Services (formally known as Terminal Services) of the new Windows Server 2008 R2 but can also be used to connect to remote Windows 7 computers whether it is phyiscal computer or a virtual one running on Server 2008 R2 Hyper-v host.
As you may have already heard Microsoft launched their brand new client OS (oprerating system) today, indeed Windows 7 is now officialy on sale to both businesses and the general public.
As Glo Networks were lucky enough to take part in the Beta testing of the product we have had loads of experience with it. Throughout the Beta and RC stages we have been very impressed with the OS and are very pleased with the final product. We feel the pricing of the product is a great deal and would higly reccomend this OS to anyone.
For anyone upgrading to Windows 7 from Windows Vista the process should be very smooth as Windows 7 has been designed with this compatability in mind, however for Windows XP users wishing to upgrade a sytem rebuild will be required.
We would be more than happy to offer our advice on the new product, please do not hesitate to contact us for more info!
Earlier this week there was an anouncment made in a Microsoft Technet blog from the Windows Server Division. The post is about the support lifecycle changes for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003, planned for next year.
The key points made in this post are as follows:
As you can probably guess this essentialy means Microsoft are scaling back the support available for both of the products, no surprise really as they have newer operating systems on the market (Windows Server 2008 is now available).
Windows Server 2000 will no longer be publicly supported, the only help available after the cut off will be Self-Help Online Support (Knowledge Base articles, FAQs, troubleshooting tools).
Windows Server 2003 is moving to what they call Extended Support, this means that Microsoft support is only available if paid for, either by buying a support contract or on a per-incident basis. During Extended Support security updates will continue to be released publicly however hotfixes will only be available to customers who have a Premier support contract.
We at Glo Networks see this as one more reason to move away from these older operating systems, our advise to any who may still be using either OS is to seriously consider upgrading before July 2010. If you would like any further information and/or advise please do not hesitate to contact us.
Should you be interested the original post can be found here :
Well Snow Leopard has been out for a few days now and it looks like there’s alot of happy people out there. The upgrade process is very simple and from the looks of it, it works 99% of the time which is pretty impressive.
Just waiting on Microsoft to fix Windows Live Sync that is currently broken.
When OS X 10.6 was being marketed alot was said about it being full 64bit and that that will make things faster. After the upgrade everything does appear to run quicker and booting is deffinatly quicker. However something that a few people probably don’t know is that OS X 10.6 in most cases will still be running in 32bit mode.
To check your install and change it there are many different ways, one of the simplest ways to do so is to run this software called Startup Mode Selector. (If the software mirror isn’t liked then we’ll remove it right away on request.) Be aware as it changes the Kernal mode you could experience problems. Just make sure you have an up to date Time Machine backup before you use it !
All credit to this website for the simple tool to check and change your mode.
