For years manufacturers have been trying to make computers more portable and now I’m going to do exactly the opposite by turning the Asus N50 back into a desktop and seeing how it measures up. So today is all about those days you need to get some real work done and a sofa, 15 inches and a touchpad just don’t cut it. Or in other words computer evolution in reverse.

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Yes dear readers there has been trouble in paradise. Windows 7 has literally turned my world upside and on top of that it would no longer respond to my touch. All good relationships go through a rough patch every so often, but will we be able to kiss and make up or is this the end of the road for Windows 7 and me?

If you haven’t been living under the IT equivalent of a rock the last couple of months it has been hard to miss that Microsoft will be releasing a new Operating System soon. With the public (retail) launch planned for the end of October and the Release to manufacturing (RTM) version predicted to be done somewhere mid July I figured I would give the Windows 7 Release Candidate a spin.