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- TR Dojo: Five reasons why Windows 7 XP Mode will encourage upgrades
- In all honesty though . . .In all honesty though - I'm not seeing anything that runs in XP but won't run in Vista/7. The only things that had issues where antiviruses and firewalls - but all of those offered upgrades eventually.It's the UI now more than anything elseI've been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, XP Mode, Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"
- RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Ubuntu 9.10 launch - 29 October
- If it's ...... easier than Win7 to install, they will have a winner!^o^Yawn, another boring launch of another boring linux distro. No excitement, people aren't enthused. There is nothing new here. As I said...BORING.Well 9.04 was not diffcult to install Not sure what you are going for here 9.04 was...
- Tags: Linux, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, KDE 4 Desktop, Win7, Ubuntu, HDCP, Microsoft Windows 7, hardware, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- It never works right when you demo Windows 7 on Japanese TV
- I don't see a Win7 failure ....I see a touch screen failure.Windows 7 may be the target of the demo, but the failure was on the touch screen.A Win7 failure would be if they in the middle of the demo, Win7 BSOD or the feature being demoed, crashed multiple times...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Win7, Sony Corp., touch screen, Japanese TV, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-25
- New Apple ads slam Microsoft and Windows 7
- No mentionJust as Microsoft haven't mentioned the tens of hours it'll take up upgrade your Vista machine, and the known bug that could cause your upgrade to hang at 62%http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975253LameThese "I'm A Mac" ads have gotten Rather lame. Again, can't Apple come up with something that promotes OSX rather than...
- Tags: Operating systems, Start Menu, Microsoft Corp., advertisement, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Win7, operating system, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Apple ad swings at Windows 7: 'Trust me, this time it's going to be different'
- Hilarious! Apple is getting quite bold these days, I think they smell bloodNT.Just like Snow Leopard was supposed to fix all that was wrong with LeopardBut it didn't. :(Poor Apple, that sound you hear of glass shattering is not the sound of Windows, it is the glass house in which...
- Tags: Operating systems, Investment, advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Win7, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Windows 7 security default worries experts
- How many Windows 7 does it take...How many dribble articles about Windows 7 canthere be in one week.I heard Windows 7 is now helping the economy andit has changed global warming to global cooling.So the polar bears are now SAFE!!! Way to go Windows 7 it is like the messiah...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubunutu, Microsoft Windows 7, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Win7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumers
- Can't wait to see theseThe local Best Buy is having a midnight launch. I'm probably going to go and geek out for a bit.RE: Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumersWish I could afford the upgrades.Been laid off and on for 6 years now.Could not renew my...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), way thing, Linux, U.S. Department of Defense, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears
- another nail in M$ coffinThe upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.Linux is here to save the day!Wrong Answerhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/DesperationGuess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7Windows 7 a failure?Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?Failure...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SuSE, Linux, Fedora Project, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Apple announces most profitable quarter ever: Q4 2009
- Q4 early?Doesn't Q4 end Dec. 31st? Shouldn't these figures be for Q3??yathats what i was thinking. How could they know their earnings before the Quarter is even over? RE: Apple announces most profitable quarter ever: Q4 2009I find it intrestering how the typical apple user is the berkinstock wearing...
- Tags: Desktops, Win7, Apple Inc., hardware, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Will Windows 7 have the right touch?
- Re: Will Windows 7 have the right touch?Clever move by MS. Irrespective of where you stand regarding the viability of touch on a PC, the novelty factor alone will serve as an additional driver to the positive publicity Win7 has already garnered. I think if you read a lot of...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story
- RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole storyMost corporate PCs were not updated to Vista, because Vista didn't add any additional values; required more powerful hardware and had a very bad name from the start.Most companies will also not upgrade...
- Tags: Operating systems, Software Developement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, corporate PC, PC, Win7, whole story, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for download
- It use to be called ...... a Service Pack. I guess it's to soon for that, it would not have looked good before the launch, so they renamed it.^o^RE: Windows 7 stability and reliability update available for downloadlooks like to me that it was not tested thoroughly. Although I...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, service pack, released to manufacturing, operating system, patch management, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- The Windows 7 judge and jury: Your mom
- Win 7 and the below average userI have quite a change up ahead with my co workers. We are a small financial institution and run XP currently. I am sure some of my co workers have vista at home however they have no idea what they are doing if a...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, women, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Study: 67% of Mac users would install, try Windows 7 if it was free
- Marketing failureThe irony of course is that changes introduced in Vista mean that anyone could try it free for 4 months.I'm pretty sure that Windows users would also try OSX on the same basis. (Indeed some are helping themselves!)I might try Win 7 for free, but not on my Mac.I'd...
- Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- The month ahead: Can Windows 7 close the Vista flop chapter?
- Win7 cannot completely close the Vista flop chapter. Win7 is still WAY too bloated and inflexible, a take it all or leave it approach. Compare that with Linux where you can use it from a tiny embedded system all the way up to a large server with multiple cores and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 delayed to after Windows 7 launch
- Kudos to MSThey obviously want to do more testing with real life Windows 7 clients, something that can only happen after Windows 7 goes retail.It's a free update, the beta is freely available... It's the smart thing to do.Thats good...Whats wrong with this feature "Backup and restore support for computers...
- Tags: Web servers, Windows Home, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows 7, server, WHS, Microsoft Windows, PP3
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- T-Mobile Touch Pro2 already has most improvements of Windows Mobile 6.5
- WinMo 6.5 is not eminentI wonder if the reason behind Spint and TMobile not mentioning a future upgradeable path on the TP2 to WinMo 6.5 or even 7.0 is because one does not exist? PC makers have made the very best efforts letting consumers know that although their new PC's...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Mobile, T-Mobile, Microsoft Windows, TMobile, WinMo, Win7
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- Apricorn's 4 TB hard card: PCI RAID array pt. 1
- Boot times in nano secondsis what I'm after ;) This certainly is a step in that right direction!CleverI thought you had a typo for the AID 0 until I saw your explanation.
- Tags: Apricorn, PCI
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Microsoft and the 'premium mix' dilemma
- Microsoft and the 'premium mix' dilemmaNo need to worry..."Lauren" is already getting geared up for a new PC. My rep told me that Lauren offered to purchase another cheap notebook computer, but this time she wants to go all out and also buy a Zune and Windows Mobile phone. So...
- Tags: Desktops, Branding, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Obviously IT, Microsoft Corp., PC, Apple Inc., integration, Win7
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
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