After reviewing Microsoft's Surface machines, a number of our readers requested us to also review other competing products that sport enough processing power to run photo applications like Lightroom and Photoshop. Since in my past corporate life I spent quite a bit of time with Dell PCs and servers, it...
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Microsoft Surface Book Review
Having been using the Microsoft Surface Pro for several years now, I was psyched to see the launch of the Surface Book, along with the Surface Pro 4. When I first heard about the Surface Book, I thought "here goes another laptop again"...until I saw the screen detach from the...
PC vs Mac for Photography
When it comes to photo editing, both PC and Mac platforms can be very powerful and capable, with each having its own list of pros and cons. Choosing one over the other can be a difficult choice because there are so many different aspects and variables to consider. Hardware, software,...
Microsoft Surface Pro as a Travel Companion
Within the next few weeks, Microsoft will be releasing the new generation model of its successful laptop for professionals, the Surface Pro 4. Having been using the Surface Pro 3 since it came out, I have taken it all over - from the dusty Race Track playa of Death Valley...
How to Upgrade to Windows 10
This week Microsoft released the long anticipated Windows 10, the latest, the greatest and the last "operating system of the future". Why the last? Microsoft claims that Windows 10 will be the last operating system with a version number, so we won't be seeing a Windows 11 or 12. Apparently,...
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Review: Photography and Writing
Here I am, sitting at a cozy coffee house. Not just some coffee house, too, but a place where a lot of young people hang out - students, mostly. They come here for a cup of coffee much like people do at Starbucks overseas. Like me, they also come here...
Apple Mac Pro Review for Photography Needs
I never thought that I would be reviewing an Apple Mac Pro, since I have never owned a Mac and was always a PC user. In fact, the last time I really handled a Mac was about 14 years ago, when I worked as an IT tech at the University...
Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Review for Photographers
One of the biggest challenges that we photographers face when traveling is productivity - being able to import, access and back up captured photographs and sometimes even edit them to be posted online or provided to a client. While we have plenty of gadgets today to accomplish this task, the...