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March 6, 2013 / Windows 8

Windows 8 Storage Spaces Performance Leaves a lot to be Desired

Like many, I was excited about the prospects of leveraging Windows 8 built-in Storage Spaces/Storage Pool functionality. I loaded 3 x 2TB 7200 RPM disks together only to be greatly disappointed by the performance. With Read/Write speed under 22MB, it would appear that running flash drives would be more effective. While Server 2012 has a more robust approach and speeds, …

January 13, 2013 / HTML5

Quickbyte: Develop your first HTML5 Windows App with CSS3 and Javascript

Microsoft has released a step by step progression to developing basic Windows Apps using HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript. Here is the link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br211385.aspx

November 15, 2011 / Windows 8

Windows 8 Developer Preview

Windows 8 is now available as a Developer Preview for those who want to get their hands on this new platform and start developing apps. Bear in mind that this is not a stable version and functionality presented is not necessarily the end release functionality. I highly recommend loading this into a Virtual Machine, unless …