06Feb 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Hardware Review of the WinBook TW801 Black Tablet

Hardware Reviews
Recently the lab decided to test out the Winbook TW801 Black Tablet on a trip to see whether it can hold up to durability, usability and just plain old device use.  The lab is reporting that the tablet performed well on a recent Los Angeles business trip that provided the person with internet usage on a strong wi-fi connection, creating Lazarus Pascal programs on the tablet during the work days and finally checking emails or performing typical duties. The TW801 tablet has a 8 inch screen which is capable of enough space to view videos and documents.  The tablet also comes with a one-year Office 365 package but you have to activate within the time limit which was 15 days based on our research. Multi-Touch Touchscreen IPS 16:10 8" 1280x800…
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02Feb 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Mozilla Firefox v35.0 still has HUGE memory issues on a Windows machine which creates a resource drain.

Computer PC Tips - bits and bytes
The recommendation for users to not to use the latest version of Firefox until they resolve the issues on memory which at times can exceed 2 gigabytes and could continue to grow during any session regardless of open tabbed windows. In the lab the decision was made just to start up Firefox and have the latest updates applied which at this stage is 35.0.1 and open any single browser session to any favorite web site. To conduct the similar test all you need to do is: Start a firefox session and open a single browser session to any web site. On a Windows 7 machine, click on start and enter taskmgr in the search text box.  This will start up a task manager session.  Task Manager provides the end user…
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07Jan 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Lazarus Version 1.2.6 for Windows is available!

Software Events
The Pascal compiler Lazarus has released version 1.2.6 for Windows. The suggestion is to install the 32-bit Windows version due to the instability of the 64-bit version. Lazarus comes in 2 other flavors, one for Linux and one for Apple OSX. The concept is that you write and use one source code base with only having to recompile on the operating system you are using at the moment which could be Linux, Apple OS or Windows. You can install Lazarus based on your operating system by going to Sourceforge Installation procedures The Windows and Linux installation are pretty straight forward allowing you to remove the previous version or you can maintain multiple versions. That is up to the developer. The Apple OS needs 3 different files to be installed to…
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