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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Review

Written by Brett Thomas on May 7, 2012 In Windows

Adobe's Lightroom 4 has been available for a couple of months now, and our very own shoot-a-holic Brett Thomas has been using it regularly since its release. The company has been touting much with the program's latest iteration, so join us as we explore whether it's worth upgrading to or if it's just more of the same.


Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Preview

Written by Mario Figueiredo on April 11, 2012 In Windows

With the next version of Visual Studio soon to be upon us, we're taking a look at what's worth waiting for. While some animosity exists around certain decisions made by Microsoft, VS11 brings a lot to the table, most notably the addition of a robust environment for creating Metro-based apps.


A Quick Look at Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Written by Rob Williams on March 2, 2012 In Windows

Microsoft this week released the first "Consumer Preview" of its upcoming Windows 8 OS, and despite being far from final launch, what's been delivered here is quite impressive. Join us as we take a quick look at the installation, Metro interface and apps, along with a couple of other notable features tweaked for Windows 8.


AMD Rejects BAPCo's SYSmark 2012 - Should We?

Written by Rob Williams on June 21, 2011 In Windows

In a rare move, AMD has publicly ousted a leading industry benchmark, BAPCo's SYSmark 2012, released mere weeks ago. The company believes both that the benchmark is unfair in its weighting of scores, and also that it's irrelevant for the average consumer. We delve deep into these claims, and offer up our own opinions.


Disabling Windows Pagefile & Hibernation to Reclaim SSD Space

Written by Rob Williams on June 17, 2011 In Windows

With the storage space offered on traditional HDDs, SSDs can leave a bit to be desired. Making matters worse are the Windows hibernation mode and pagefile, responsible for hogging at least 8GB (22GB in my case) of your precious SSD space. We're taking a look at the caveats of disabling both, and discuss the fixes.


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