Thanks for the detailed breakdown of the differences. I'll check out PM.

Here is what I'm referring to.

Canon T2i

Are you unable to get the same functionality with Lightroom, or do you just prefer PM?

I have used Picasa myself. However, I have found that for some reason, the photo viewer adjusts the brightness of a lot of RAW photos. So, you are not really getting an image displayed as it is shot, which is the whole point of shooting in RAW. After tweaking a couple of settings in Irfanview, like opening the image…

Even with the Microsoft codec installed, RAW images, in the Windows Photo Viewer open incredibly slowly.

Are you referring to the GQView from 2006?

Program is distorting the image, so areas with flash are appearing pink. I'm not sure if this is just something that needs to be adjusted with settings, but it doesn't work, straight out of the box.

The map shows the median rent and not the average. Why not just show the avg price people pay for rent, since the median just indicates the middle number?

You can disable the charms menu by using something like Start8 or Classic Shell. Microsoft also gave them option to disable some charms in their taskbar settings. I agree with the article, that the Charms menu, while useful on a tablet, is clunky on a Desktop.

I'm happy to hear that the police in the UK took your theft seriously. Unfortunately, in my case the police were unwilling to act. A laptop stolen here amounts to petty theft. I don't know what classification you have in Britain, but perhaps the statute is different? In any case, I'm glad to hear that you got your…

With Start8 or Classic Shell (both will give you back a start menu) Win 8 runs beautifully. Far less bloated than Windows 7 and more stable.

There are some beautiful wallpapers here, full of color. Pretty lame that Microsoft is putting a watermark on all the images though. Thankfully there is Photoshop:

MusicBee is a solid alternative for listening. And, it even scans your iTunes library to import music and watches for changes. It will not help on the backup or updates or management of your iOS devices though. There are even iTunes skins if you like the look of iTunes but hate the bloat.

I'm using a SSD on Win 8.1 and iTunes still lags like crazy. It's been laggy and buggy for years now. I cannot imagine why Apple has not fixed this. And, they keep on adding features that I don't need, that just further slows things down. I primarily use MusicBee for listening, but I'm pretty much forced to use iTunes…

Mr. James is free to go to any team he wants, just as he did 4 years ago by leaving Cleveland and making his way to Miami. I have always felt it was very unfair for people and especially the ungrateful Cav's owner, to criticizing James for giving them 7 years, and for taking them to the NBA finals, with more or less…

Been using it since the early beta days. It still needs a search function IMO, then it would be perfect.

I was referring to the iPhone catalog on your hard drive, not the albums within iPhoto itself. The last version I used, created an iPhone library and if you were to navigate to those folders in Finder, they were unintelligible.

Looks like the Sony Microvault USB drivers are 2.0 and not 3.0

Looks like the Sony Microvault USB drivers are 2.0 and not 3.0

MedlinePlus is a great source for health info and recommendations without a ton of medical jargon. Check out a search for Appendicitis for example