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- Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less
- Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-11-01
- News to know: Oracle OpenWorld; Google Wave; Intel; Windows 7; WiFi
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more Paul Greenberg: Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Wi-Fi, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Touch in Windows 7: Just for show?
- Touch in Windows 7: Just for show?Absolutely NotI have a latitude XT and have been using Touch since Vista, and it's been vastly improved with windows 7 to the point where I prefer to use my fingers to navigate the OS rather than the track pad.With momentum scrolling, gestures, jump...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, touch screen, killer application, computer, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7
- Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7VISTA tax"Over the course of the last two years, I've discarded or replaced a handful of devices that didn't work at all with Vista: several network cards, some storage adapters, a scanner, a TV tuner."Fantastic.RE: Six things Steve Ballmer won't tell...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, IT Organizations, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and Mac
- Apple sued over Apple TV, Airport Express and MacAnd so then I guessthat Papermaster [i][b]was[/b][/i] hired just to run the "iPod division"Apple would never think of having him lend a hand in their server products developement.This Apple TV case may just prove how "true" the above mentioned statement is... ;)It...
- Tags: TVs, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Apple TV, Apple AirPort Express, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-12-19
- Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after all
- Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after allGeee ......Sounds like the stole ... errr "emulated" a page right out of the *NIX playbook ....RE: Microsoft confirms MinWin is in Windows 7, after allMary Jo,After watching the video last week as well, my take away was that the current incarnation...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., MinWin IS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, kernel, Microsoft confirms MinWin, Microsoft Confirms
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhere
- Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhereMy guess is......they're touting the Microsoft and Windows brands, not a particular product.Carl RapsonRE: Microsoft'sOh boy, I'm sure these ads will be just as over analyzed and picked apart in every minute detail like the first two. The point...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), advertisement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Adrian, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Windows: You say major; I say minor
- Windows: You say major; I say minorThey can call it anything they please. It is still overpriced JUNK.Get Linux :-)Duck the questionMaybe they should do another theme change. For a while it was a series number (3.1), then a year (95, 98, 98SE, 2000), then a letter combo XP,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Linux, user interfaces and copying Apple
- Linux, user interfaces and copying AppleIt makes sense[i]He also stated that they have to clone less the look and feel of desktop Windows, even going so far as to state they would do better to clone the look and feel of Mac applications if they are writing applications for the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Linux Interface, Linux, Apple Inc., Linux User, KDE, Microsoft Windows, desktop, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google
- Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than GoogleCreative distruction makes us all stongerI think Ray is right. His biggest competitor is open source. I'm not sure Microsoft will recover unless they learn how to embrace open source. The patent wars they have started make them toxic...
- Tags: PDC, open source, Microsoft Corp., Ozzie, disruptive competitor, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Windows 7 to have support for Virtual Hard Disks
- Windows 7 to have support for Virtual Hard DisksVHD stands from...vaporware HD.It's a just a new marketing ploy meant to keep M$ relevant.But which SKUs will have that support?I found out the hard way that different Vista SKUs give you different disk capabilities when I tried to span two hard...
- Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, VHD, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Hard Disk, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Google's app war vs Microsoft: About to ramp?
- Google's app war vs Microsoft: About to ramp?Google is trying to keep it all under wrap, but, sooner or later will comeout swinging, with offline access, a Google Apps Appliance, etc. There will be a Java based run-time added to Gears to make it all work. Google is also being...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Microsoft, Intel to team on new parallel, multicore research efforts
- Microsoft, Intel to team on new parallel, multicore research effortsJoint effort to monopolize the next 20 years...It's about time...Somebody put money into CS research, especially parallel stuff. Maybe this money will spur others to do likewise. Maybe CS departments will now be able to "rise from the ashes" of the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, multi-core, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., new Parallel, F/OSS, parallel, team
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
- Untangling the Microsoft mesh
- "Mesh" was Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's word of the day last week at Microsoft's Mix '08 conference. Ozzie waxed prolific on "social mesh," "device mesh," "seamless mesh" and more. But what are the technological underpinnings that will allow users and developers to bring everything together...
- Tags: WinFS, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Sync Famework, Microsoft Horizon, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act together
- It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act togetherThey had no choice...Back when Vista was Longhorn, the Microsoft hope was that fat client applications would use Internet protocols to deliver content to the desktop. The problem was that nobody was creating fat client applications anymore. By the time...
- Tags: AJAX, Quality, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Ingenuity, Microsoft Corp., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- The meaning of Microsoft Server 2008
- Server 2008 looks like a bit of an odd duck - it doesn't meet the promises made for "Longhorn" and "Blackcombe", it's probably neither more reliable nor more efficient than its 64 bit 2003/XP based predecessors, and unlike Vista with which it shares some code the kernel changes amount to...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Kernel, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- A thought about Utility Computing
- A thought about Utility ComputingThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Data Center.Nicholas Carr is Earth's answer to Oolon Colluphid. Everywhere he looks, IT is dying. I expect him to release his new book, "Well, That About Wraps It Up For IT" any day now.Of course, centralized processing is not the entire...
- Tags: Hitchhiker, IT IS, utility computing, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Will virtualization be king at Macworld Expo?
- SWsoft on Wed. introduced a beta version of Parallels Server that supports the running of multiple copies of Leopard Server on Mac Pros and Xserves as well as support for Intel's VT-d virtualization hooks in hardware. According to the company, the software will run Leopard Server in...
- Tags: Apple Xserve, Apple Macintosh, Hypervisor, Operating System, Apple Inc., Parallels Server, Apple Mac OS X, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Farewell to ZDNet (and CNET)
- Farewell to ZDNet and CNETThanks for your good work!You've put in some hard time at ZDNet, and I've been reading the blogs for awhile -- it'll be sad to see you go, and I hope someone is out there that can adequately fill your shoes while you move on to...
- Tags: Blogging, RSS, Farewell, Best Wishes, blog, CMP
- Discussion threads 2008-01-03
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