http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/401/all xx http://www.itworld.com/networking/62616/upgrade-repair-replace-or-limp-along When money's tight, how do you keep things going and save money at the same time? I think you need a process to decide what to do with equipment that dies. When are you better off repairing/replacing, when to upgrade, and when to just let it die and do without? http://www.itworld.com/networking/62616/upgrade-repair-replace-or-limp-along#comments Hardware IT management/strategy Networking Opinion upgrades Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:55:06 -0500 ITworld staff 62616 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/54424/five-insane-upgrades-you-should-never-do Just because you can do something, that doesn't mean you should. That old truism goes double for computers. But some PC geeks are so fanatical about performance, so doggedly determined to push their hardware to extremes, that they'll go to ridiculous lengths to wring a few more clock cycles out of their components or add a little more cool factor to their rig. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/54424/five-insane-upgrades-you-should-never-do#comments Hardware How-to PC upgrades Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:08:21 -0400 ITworld staff 54424 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows-xp-sp3-nlssi-080520 Today, we know one thing for certain: if your customers are running certain Hewlett-Packard PCs with an AMD processor, head for the hills. Or, at the very least, don't install the update. Too late? Bummer. http://www.itworld.com/windows-xp-sp3-nlssi-080520#comments Business Channel Opinion Joel Shore Microsoft upgrades Mon, 19 May 2008 19:31:34 -0400 jnaze 44485 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/nlsnetworkingvista061019 My Vista Budget Vacuum column got Slashdotted, so 500 plus message replies alternate between calling me an idiot and a genius. Unfortunately, the Slashdot headline made it sound like the cost estimates were for just Vista. My point is that Vista is the engine pulling a long train of other products and services some vice presidents will demand. Those are the ones that cost money. http://www.itworld.com/nlsnetworkingvista061019#comments Operating systems Windows Opinion costs upgrades Vista Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:26:28 -0400 jnaze 6987 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/nls_networking061005 Strange times indeed when the stock market analysts hope a new Microsoft operating system will counteract the declining housing market, but that's the hope of some for next fall. If your company plans to play the Vista game, start cooking your books now. I estimate each Vista user will cost your company between $3,250 and $5,000. That's each and every Vista user. Money will go to Microsoft for Vista and Office 2007, to hardware vendors for new PCs and components, and possibly a few bucks to Apple for those users jumping to a Mac. After all, if Apple's higher cost has been the factor keeping your company from trying a Mac, that factor just washed away. http://www.itworld.com/nls_networking061005#comments Operating systems Windows Opinion costs upgrades Vista Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:02:13 -0400 jnaze 7167 at http://www.itworld.com