The most recent articles from Personal Computer World

Hands on: Hardy Heron hassle

Alan Stevens — 2008-08-22T10:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Friday 22 August 2008 at 10:00:00

A significant bug that could affect many users impairs the latest Ubuntu release

I use both Windows and Linux and have been a long-time fan of Ubuntu, which for those unfamiliar with it is one of the most popular distros around....

Run Windows on a Mac

Cliff Joseph — 2008-08-08T14:47:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Personal Computer World, Friday 8 August 2008 at 14:47:00

What’s stopping PC users from using an Apple Mac as a Windows PC? Not a lot

Apple wants you. It really does. After years of appealing mainly to an audience of hardcore Mac fans, the company is increasing its market share and reaching out to a...

Gallery: Installing Bootcamp and Windows on your Mac

Matt Andrews — 2008-08-08T12:15:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Personal Computer World, Friday 8 August 2008 at 12:15:00

Partitioning hard disks

Paul Wardley — 2008-08-06T10:00:00.000Z

Paul Wardley, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 6 August 2008 at 10:00:00

Going back to basics, Paul Wardley explains how to split up your hard disk into more manageable portions

Partitioning a hard disk is a task that is often taken for granted by advanced users, yet is viewed as a black art by those just developing their expertise....

Gallery: Partitioning a new disk in Vista

Matt Andrews — 2008-08-05T11:49:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 5 August 2008 at 11:49:00

Gallery: Use GParted to shrink a partition

Matt Andrews — 2008-08-05T11:31:00.000Z

Matt Andrews, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 5 August 2008 at 11:31:00

Hands on: Lighten your laptop's load

Gordon Laing — 2008-07-09T10:00:00.000Z

Gordon Laing, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 10:00:00

A new operating system can put undue pressure on an old notebook

With every new version of Windows, Microsoft adds features and visual enhancements which take their toll on your hardware. New or upgraded desktops can normally cope, but laptops frequently suffer...

Kewney@large: Microsoft must look to the future with its operating systems

Guy Kewney — 2008-07-03T10:00:00.000Z

Guy Kewney, Personal Computer World, Thursday 3 July 2008 at 10:00:00

The computing giant risks being left in the past

Steve Ballmer is a very successful man. You can watch him, if you like – the Net Events TV site has a bunch of recordings, including a very recent...

Hands on: Secrets of Fedora 8

Barry Shilliday — 2008-06-12T10:00:00.000Z

Barry Shilliday, Personal Computer World, Thursday 12 June 2008 at 10:00:00

How to get the best out of this major Linux distribution

Last time, we looked at Fedora 8, one of the major Linux distributions currently available. We saw some of the features of this release and touched on a number of...

Hands on: Customise your Open With list

Tim Nott — 2008-06-11T10:00:00.000Z

Tim Nott, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 10:00:00

Grappling with file extensions and singular adventures in the future of Windows

When you right-click on a file in XP’s Explorer do you find that your ‘Open With’ list is over-populated? I find, over time, entries appear that are either unwanted (I...

Hands on: Solve TV recording problems in XP Media Center Edition

Gordon Laing — 2008-06-10T10:00:00.000Z

Gordon Laing, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 10 June 2008 at 10:00:00

If XP Media Center Edition stops recording programmes, there is a simple solution

Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) may be one the best personal video recording systems around but it’s not without its problems....

Vista's aid package

Kelvyn Taylor — 2008-06-03T10:00:00.000Z

Kelvyn Taylor, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 3 June 2008 at 10:00:00

Vista’s first service pack may be welcome, but don’t expect too much, and do your homework first, warns Kelvyn Taylor

The last major operating system service pack from Microsoft, Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP, released in 2004, was an oddball....

Top 20 Windows Vista fixes

Paul Monckton — 2008-05-27T10:29:00.000Z

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 10:29:00

Vista can be confusing to the uninitiated, so we provide solutions for 20 of its worst annoyances

As a relative newcomer, Vista can’t boast the maturity and stability of Windows XP. Despite Microsoft’s bold claims, the operating system still retains some kinks that need to be ironed...

Review: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS operating system

Tim Smith — 2008-05-20T10:00:00.000Z

Tim Smith, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 20 May 2008 at 10:00:00

A Linux OS for everyone complete with security updates for three years

With its strong focus on usability, Ubuntu has become well known as the most popular face of Linux. This latest version has two significant strengths: the first is that this...

Hands on: Bridging the memory gap

Gordon Laing — 2008-05-15T10:00:00.000Z

Gordon Laing, Personal Computer World, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 10:00:00

Can adding memory to your laptop have unforeseen consequences for Vista users?

In this column we’ll be looking into ways of improving the performance of laptops running Windows Vista. The various caching technologies used by Vista may improve performance once your system...