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March Main Meeting

The next meeting will be on Tuesday 27^th March, 2007 at 6 pm.  — Speaker to be announced —

February Main Meeting

Microsoft couldn’t make it to demonstrate Vista, un-fortunately, but  Alex Zaharov-Reutt saved the day with his vast computer knowledge. He advised us to ‘wait and see’ with Vista and to use Google Search for those simple computer questions in the first instance — don’t wait for the next Main Meeting.

For those worried about Vista vs XP, he suggested running simultaneous Operating Systems as Virtual Machines using VMWARE Server on Windows.  This is a free (21 MB Zip file) download from:

> VMWARE

You start with a host system, say Windows XP, then you install Vista as a Virtual Operating System using VMWARE.  That way, you can run Vista without fear of crashing your main OS. Any files you produce on Vista cannot, however, be directly written back to the host OS, except via CD or memory stick.  That way your computer stays safe from your experiments.

The Raffle

This month we had three great prizes.  Microsoft donated two copies of Live OneCare™ and Banksia donated a great little High Definition TV tuner.

Membership

Membership entitles you to attend all of our meetings. We have a great collection of Special Interest Groups discussing everything from Stocks and Shares to designing your own Web Site.

We also have monthly Main Meetings where members can ask questions and receive expert advice. Guest speakers from the industry then usually present new products or talk about computer trends.

Come along, learn a lot more about your computer(s) and make new friends at the same time.

New email address?

Please contact
> membership(at)sydneypc.com

Tech reviewers wanted!

See our current crop (4) of
> Technical Reviews

February winners

Joan Robertson

Bob Campbell

Elizabeth Allen