Summary: HP Spectre x360 Is a Lemon! Details? Read below and in the previous article linked. (Read the two updates at the end, I added them after HP contacted me.) I wrote about the problems I had with a new HP Spectre x360, and I thought that … [Read more...] about Sweet? No, Sour! HP Spectre x360
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HP Spectre
HP Spectre x360, it looks gorgeous, but seriously flawed laptop! This is a much delayed product review, actually a fair warning to those who may be interested in the very nice looking, and potentially (but not actually) very good 2-in-1 laptop: HP … [Read more...] about HP Spectre
Quad HD (QHD) Displays and Photoshop Follow Up
A while back, I wrote a post that explained how to make Photoshop CS6 or below to honor the changed screen size elements. Since then I have discovered a critical setting, this is to update the earlier post. On high-resolution laptop, and even some … [Read more...] about Quad HD (QHD) Displays and Photoshop Follow Up
Your Photo Editing Workspace
During some of my presentations, I get asked about the work environment for editing digital photographs. I also get individual inquiries about the subject. In this post, I will address those questions with some workspace examples including my … [Read more...] about Your Photo Editing Workspace
Get Windows 10 Free
Microsoft is readying to launch its latest version of Windows on July 29, 2015. This time, upgrading from Windows 7 or Windows 8 systems to Windows 10 will be free. Microsoft will do this for even pirated copies of earlier versions of 7 or 8 although … [Read more...] about Get Windows 10 Free
Quad HD (QHD) Displays and Photoshop
Addendum July 19,2015: For a moment I thought this patch stopped working, then I discovered that in order for it to work you must tweak your display settings in "Change the size of all items" under "Personalize/Display" in Windows 8. I chose medium … [Read more...] about Quad HD (QHD) Displays and Photoshop
Stitch Panoramas Even From Video Files
OK, panorama stitching has been around for quite some time and there are excellent pieces of software out there. Do we need another one? The answer may be: "Yes, if you want to stitch from video." I stumbled upon this software from Microsoft; it is … [Read more...] about Stitch Panoramas Even From Video Files