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Vista still on the horizon
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By Stan Elias
It's that time of year again. Microsoft is threatening
to release the next iteration of Windows, dubbed Vista.
Should there be dancing in the streets? Riots? Or a col-
lective yawn? You be the judge.
Vista is a major overhaul of the venerable Windows
operating system (OS). Many of the graphic changes are
obvious, but the most important changes -those that en-
hance security,stability and networking capability -either
gounnoticed or are discovered only through use. But even
the features that go unnoticed make their presence felt
through significantly improved system reliability despite
the increasing sophistication of hacker attacks and the
growing complexity of feature-laden applications.
Vista is designed to automatically diagnose and repair
commonerrors. Other built-indiagnostics detect problems
inhardware or software and either fix them inbackground
unattended, or guide the user through the repair to mini-
mize data loss.
Microsoft claims that most computers bought over the
last two years can run virtually all of Vista's components,
but some computers may need an upgraded graphics card
forthe sexierdisplays.For anupgrade,PC Magazine recom-
mends the nVidia GeForce 7600 GT and the Radeon XI600
Pro graphics cards, both less than $200. To install and use
the core functionality of Vista, the minimum requirements
are an 800 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 20GB
hard drive with 15GB free space. If you are running Win-
dows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98 or (gasp!) Windows
95 and you are considering Vista, you should go to www.
microsoft.com and have the Get Ready page determine if
your computer can handle it.
The most strikingdifference between XPand Vistaisthe
WindowsAero™ interface.Icons onits translucent glass-like
window seem to float over an application. A translucent
sidebar holds smallapplications called "gadgets"that can
float onto the desktop. This,claimsMicrosoft ,helpspeople
focus on the tasks on which they are working. The new
graphics, though fun, are resource hogs in terms of RAM,
disk space and processingspeed requirements.If you prefer
the look of the standard XR Aero can be disabled.
There is aWindows Ready Boost™ feature that can boost
performance by using aUSB storage module (a.k.a. thumb
drive) to replace the system's hard disk swap files. It's
not as fast as on-board memory, but it's a lot faster than
a spinning hard disk.
Among its bells and whistles, Vista includes speech
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Sound ideas sought
Town tackles
downtown noise
controversy
By Edward F. Maroney
emaroney@barnstablepatriot.com
Late one night recently, a
tuneful rhythm blared from
the open door of The Island
Merchant. There was no one
in the commercial buildings
surrounding the venue at that
hour. No harm, no foul.
But a year from now, if all
goes according to plan, anew
three-story building will be
up across the way on Ocean
Street in Hyannis, housing
high-end condo dwellers who
may not take kindly to amea-
sure of midnight music.
Before the trickle of com-
plaints about entertainment
uses conflicting withthe "qui-
et enjoyment" of residences
becomes a flood , the town is
trying to find a solution.
A downtown sound task
force of growth management
department staff, local busi-
nessleaders, and citizen mem-
ber Allen Goddar d met this
week for the second time.
Town counsel has ruled that
the task force is an internal
working group that does not
have to meet in public.
Goddard said he asked As-
sistant Town Manager Paul
Niedzwiecki if he could be a
member. "He really under-
stands the need to attempt to
listen to everyone's opinion,"
Goddard said.
"We are trying to create a
lively mixed-use downtown
balancing the residential
needs and the commercial
needs,"said Ruth Weil,growth
management department
director. "This committee
will analyze the best way to
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Small businesses SCORE with new program
On-line addition
helps decipher
finances
By Paul Gauvin
pgauvin@bamstablepatriot.com
Barnstable 's small busi-
nesses and potential small-
business owners have a new
tool to work with,report sthe
national office of SCORE,
"Counselors to America 's
Small Businesses."
The volunteer organization
has announced an alliance
with MyBizHomepage , www.
mybizhomepage.com , a new
and free Web-based financial
dashboard designed specifi-
cally for entrepreneurs and
smallbusinesses. It furnishes
a comprehensive view of
business-critical financial
information in real time and
in plain English.
As part of the alliance ,
MyBizHomepage will of-
fer SCORE counselors and
clients here as elsewhere
access to its online finan-
cial dashboard , and SCORE
will be embedded into the
dashboard and named as
the exclusive provider of
counseling services to the
MyBizHomepage member
community.
The homepage offers a
secure resource that syn-
chronizes with QuickBooks
software and enables busi-
nessmen to make informed
decisions about their own
business, said Peter Justen,
who founded MyBiz Homep-
age this year with the "vision
of empowering entrepreneur-
ship in America."
SCORE CEO Ken Yancey
believes that lack of ad-
equate financial manage-
ment and reporting is one
of the top reasons that small
businesses fail. "SCORE'S al-
liance with MyBizHomepage
helps us meet our common
goal of supporting the suc-
cess of the small business
community by offering them
financial management tools,"
he said in announcing the
alliance.
Steve Feist, one of the Cape
SCORE volunteers , said he
was not yet made aware
of the announced alliance
but would poll other Cape
SCORE volunteers for infor-
mation. The Cape SCORE
office is located at 270 Com-
munication Way, Suite 5-B,
just off Independence Drive
in the Hyannis Industrial
Park and can be reached at
508-775-4884 .
Michael Keaton , SCORE
spokesman reached in Wash-
ington , told The Barnstable
Patriot the alliance plan is
just being unveiled and has
not trickled down yet to all
the chapters.
"MyBizHomepage finan-
cial dashboard will provide
executives with apparatus
to make good decisions in
a timely manner, as well as
provide access to SCORE'S
business experts ," Yancey
said.
The MyBizHomepage fi-
nancial dashboard is a com-
prehensive homepage de-
signed to help small business
owners and entrepreneur s
manage critical financial
and operating data more ef-
ficiently at no charge.
It synchronizes with popu-
lar accounting software such
asIntuit's Quickbooks to pull
real-time business-critical
information from the soft-
ware and present it via a
secure Web interface in an
easy-to-understand graphi-
cal format.
SCORE is a resource part-
ner with the United States
Small Business Administra-
tion and gets sponsorship
support from the Ewing
Manning Kaufmann Foun-
dation.
More than 10,000 men and
women volunteer nationwide
to share their expertise with
face-to-face counseling for
new entrepreneurs. Cape
Cod SCORE, Chapter 225's
40 volunteers provide free
and confidential business
counseling tailored to meet
the needs of small business
and personal objectives.
It also offers workshops
for a modest fee, for start-up
entrepreneurs and current
small business owners. Cape
volunteers are real-world
professionals with time-test-
ed knowledge who donate
thousands of hours to help
small businesses succeed.
Counselors are experts in
such areas as accounting,
finance , marketing, man-
agement , and business plan
development.
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AWARD-WINNING SMILE - Sheryl Walsh of Community Bank
accepts the JFK Jr.Community Service award from the Hyannis
Area Chamber of Commerce at its annual dinner last week.
Walsh is chairman of Cape Cod Child Development.
Community contributor