Has anybody heard about Office 2008 for Mac amid all of the Microsoft Vista and Mac OS 10 Leopard hype?  Probably not. 

Office 2008 will be released in the second half of this year and is expected to have even better useability for navigating around screens.  This new feature is called the “Elements Gallery” which will display boxed on the top near the toolbar area rather than having multiple drop-downs.  This will be more accessble since you can already see all the new options versus clicking on a drop-down to see all of them. 

 A notable program thta takes advantage of this new view is Excel.  Excel has Ledger Sheets that the novice user may feel comfortable with.  It walks you by the hand to set up a ledger sheet among other functions.  The Documents Parts section in Word allows the easy creation of tables, headers and footers all by easy buttons to press within the Elements Gallery section.

Those who have large LCD screens or dual-head monitors will really be able to take advantage of the Elements Gallery section.  With a larger screen or any good-sized screen, you can move the Elements Gallery section to wherever you’d like on the monitor which is very similar to Adobe Photoshop or other image editing applications.

Overall, there are just little tweaks from the current Office suite.  But, with all new software, it will be wise to use this software when Leopard comes to the market so you can have the most stable and compatible system

Many Super Bowl commercials will feature the Budweiser horses, K-Federline as a Taco Bell employee, or Jessica Simpson saying something of some sorts.  But, let’s reminisce a bit of how the computer generation used this precious Super Bowl air time to introduce new technologies in a rather risque and shocking manner.

It all started with Apple introducing its first computer and launch of its dynasty.  This commercial was very poignant in portraying a fresh look to spark up the boring environment in 1984.  It used a communistic-like environment to illustrate how one person or invention can revolutionize the way we think.  Pretty extreme!

Fast-forward to the Go Daddy ad in 2005 that mocked the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction during her Super Bowl halftime show.  This commercial was only aired once and caused Go Daddy to be a tight leash with networks in advertising their web hosting services in the future.

Now, the big prospect is HP which is touting that the PC is personal again.  It is the perfect time to advertise while Vista has just been released.  Jay-Z and the American Chopper will debut in this commercial.  Will HP have as much bite in their commercials as Apple and GoDaddy?  We’ll only be able to measure this by any cencorship or bans that are handed out.

From Apple to GoDaddy, the computer industry continues to make heads spin with its risque and entertaining Super Bowl commercials.

Not bad.  We’ve installed Vista on many computers already and have noticed seamless upgrades from Windows XP Home and Professional.  The viewing experience and navigation is georgous.  Yes, it does remind us of the Mac interface, but there is something more glass-like or translucent about the windows of Vista that seams a little different or more extreme on this new operating system.

Of course, with a few new features come some glitches.  Here are some pitfalls to watch out for:

-1GB RAM is recommended.  Some computers running 512MB, although the minimum recommended amount of RAM, do run slowly after the Vista upgrade

-ZIP compression is done internally through Windows Vista so there is no need to buy Winzip or another compression utility.  We have seen the extraction process take long on some systems and no rhyme or reason has been shown why even with a lot of RAM.

-Windows XP Professional cannot be upgraded to Windows Vista Home or Home Premium.  XP Pro can only be upgraded to Vista Business or Vista Ultimate. 

Please feel free to consult with us if you need further upgrade help or support with Microsoft Vista.  Vista is recommended, but you just need to be aware of some factors before you take the step.