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Analyst Predicts Rise in PC Sales

Friday, September 18, 2009

IDG is reporting that sales of PC desktops and laptops are rising ahead of Windows 7’s October 22 launch date. The strong demand is unexpected, analysts said. PC sales in July and August caught Manish Nigam, director of technology research in Asia for Credit Suisse, off guard, IDG is reporting. Credit Suisse had held the expectation [...]

Windows 7 House Parties = Astroturfing

Thursday, September 3, 2009

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People are not lining up outside of storefronts at midnight to buy Windows anymore, but that won’t stop Microsoft from creating the impression that the masses are fawning over Windows 7. The company is asking people to host house parties when the OS launches on Oct. 22. The Potemkin village has become the Potemkin house [...]

Windows Expensive to Put on Netbooks? Not Really

Monday, April 20, 2009

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In what is definitely a defensive move, sources for the Wall Street Journal indicate that the company has only been asking for $15 per copy of XP intended to be installed on netbook computers. That is as little as 25% of its typical fee for notebooks and desktops. With Linux a popular choice for those looking [...]

Windows 7 to Ship in October. Probably. Unless It’s January.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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I’ve confirmed a report by Bloomberg news report that Microsoft plans to ship Windows 7 by October. Microsoft has also worked out a contingency plan for a secondary launch date in the event that the European Commission takes action, a well-placed source at Microsoft told me. Ray Chen, president at Taipei-based Compal Electronics, made the disclosure [...]

Microsoft to Squeeze Windows 7 onto Netbooks

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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At an analyst meeting in New York City today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed that the company was working on a low-end edition of Windows 7 that’s designed to run on netbooks. The increasingly popular budget notebooks rarely run Windows Vista, in part because that OS’s hardware requirements–formulated in the pre-netbook era–simply exceed what most [...]

Microsoft Bows to Critics, Will Change Windows 7 UAC

Thursday, February 5, 2009

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Yesterday I wrote about the Windows 7 dust-up that involved a couple of security bloggers’ concern that malware could silently turn User Account Control off, and Microsoft’s seeming unwillingness to talk much about the issue other than to say it wasn’t really a problem. Today, Microsoft’s Jon DeVaan addressed the controversy on the Engineering Windows [...]

Windows 7 SKUs Announced

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

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Well, I guess we can consider this a half win. While Microsoft will still offer just about the same number of SKUs as it did for Vista – criticized because it confused consumers – it will only focus on two of them. Pricing has yet to be announced, however. Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet has [...]

Windows 7 from a Mac Guy’s Perspective

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

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I’m definitely a Mac. Saying that now is kind of weird, considering just three short years ago other than a brief stint in college the last time I used an Apple computer was in Elementary School. Apple’s ease of use sucked me in, and although yes there is a learning curve, once you get going [...]

Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro

Sunday, February 1, 2009

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[NOTE: 2/2/09 - This is an updated version of the original post from Sunday.] I am writing this for those of you who may be daring enough to attempt an install of Windows 7 on your Macs. Yes, it may be blasphemy, but even us Macheads are a little curious sometimes, right? Anyway (to me) the install [...]

Windows 7 Beta Gets its First Patch

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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It wouldn’t be a Microsoft product without it! Users of Windows 7 Beta who may have not downloaded a patch for an MP3 corruption issue that was available shortly after the products public release are now getting it via Automatic Update. The issue would permanently alter an MP3 file played through Windows 7: the first [...]

Windows 7 Beta General Availability Delayed

Friday, January 9, 2009

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Stretch your legs, go outside, and get fresh air–the Windows 7 beta is delayed until tomorrow. Windows team blogger Brandon LeBlanc has announced that Windows 7 is such a hot commodity that the company has to shore up its server infrastructure to meet the demand. Developers who have MSDN or TechNet subscriptions can download Windows 7 [...]

Ballmer: Windows 7 Beta is Out

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Steve Ballmer has made it official: the public beta of Windows 7 has begun. On Friday, the beta will be available worldwide at the Windows 7 web site, and at his keynote at CES Wednesday night he urged everybody to download it. TechNet, MSDN, and TechBeta customers will get access starting tonight. So if you’re [...]

Report: Microsoft Details Windows 7 Upgrade Program

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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According to TechARP.com, Microsoft has gone ahead and begun to offer details of its upgrade program for those who buy Vista machines before Windows 7 releases late this year to its partners. In some cases customers may be eligible for a free upgrade. Those who purchase a Vista machine between July 1 and a yet to [...]

Seven Things Windows 7 Needs To Accomplish

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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With Windows 7 set to make its public debut Wednesday at CES (it already has, if you count the BitTorrent leak), in honor of the seventh major version of Microsoft’s operating system, I’ve come up with seven things I think Windows 7 must do. Redmond is at a crossroads. Apple is resurgent–the iPod and now the [...]

Windows 7 Beta 1 Leaks Via BitTorrent

Monday, December 29, 2008

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If you cannot wait for Windows 7 to make its public debut sometime next month, you can get on BitTorrent now and download it. The next generation operating system has appeared on the P2P service as an ISO file. The build number is 7000, which is believed to be the one which will get the “Beta [...]

Windows 7 Beta 1 Looks Good for January Release

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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Although Microsoft earlier this year had been maintaining that we’d not see Windows 7 until 2010, most Redmond watchers kind of figured out a long time ago that the company had for all intents and purposes given up on Windows Vista. We reported earlier this week that even two years after release, Vista is running on [...]