anandtech.com - 10/26/2009
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After nearly a year of serious waiting, the next Windows is here. Its arrival puts a stake in Vista, and may finally be what Microsoft needs to put XP to bed....
hothardware.com - 10/22/2009
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This week may be as big a week
in the company's history as Microsoft has ever had....
We know, that's a pretty bold statement, but there's a lot of evidence to back that up. Microsoft has been drowning in negative press and negative vibes for most of ...
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Top Windows 7 Features That Vista Should Have Had
techreviewsource.com - 10/22/2009
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techreviewsource.com —
The culmination of our Windows 7 coverage is
upon us, today is the day Windows 7 is...
publicly available in retail stores and pre-installed on new computers. Microsoft is hoping Windows 7 will wash away all the prejudices consumers now have of the ...
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Windows 7: The Final Verdict
techreviewsource.com - 10/24/2009
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techreviewsource.com —
Windows 7 was just released this week and
we are already starting to look ahead to Windows...
8, which Microsoft is already in the process of developing even before 7 was released earlier this week. So far the reception of Windows 7 has been mostly ...
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8 Things We Want to See in Windows 8
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... million notebooks and netbooks combined in 2010 What comes after hard drives ? Ars Technica on how to give the FCC a piece of your mind , online and court case shows limits of anonymous blogging Yahoo GeoCities closes on Oct. 26 Google's Sergey Brin aids charity that aided him Bj rn3D's NZXT Halloween triple chassis contest Software and gaming Larry Osterman's Windows 7 reflections ... AnandTech's Windows 7 performance guide Ars Technica reviews Windows 7 VR-Zone responds to Gizmodo: 7 reasons not to ...
Windows 7 performance guide
DV Hardware —
AnandTech has published a Windows 7 performance guide, if you're interested in checking out how Microsoft's latest OS performs and if it's worth it to upgrade you can read their article over here.
In the meantime, were left a launch that has been a very long time coming. Between the public beta, the public ...
Windows 7 Performance Guide
InsideHW —
Windows has been put on a diet in order to perform better on those machines. The most noticeable changes here are that Windows 7 eats less RAM and hard drive space out of the box than a comparable version of Vista did. LINK Comments ...
DirectX11 Released For Windows Vista
AnandTech Article Channel —
... for Vista that includes a few other things that are being backported for Vista. Vista SP2 is the prerequisite, so if you aren’t already on SP2 you’ll need to update. All of these updates should be available on Windows Update. We ran a quick sanity check on our Vista install from our Win7 Performance Guide from earlier this week, and there are no surprises. Just like with DX10, DX11 titles (all 2 of them ) perform the same between the two OSes. In this case we’re using BattleForge, along with Unigine’s ...
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Windows 7—what's the rush?
arstechnica.com 2/3/2009 —
Steven Sinofsky this week reaffirmed that Windows 7 would only have a single public beta release— build 7000 , still available for download for a few more days. The current expectation is that there will be a single Release ...
Microsoft Windows 7 Review
bit-tech.net 10/22/2009 — Manufacturer: Microsoft UK Pricing (Full Version): US Pricing (Full Version): Ever since Microsoft released the first and only Windows 7 beta, there’s been a lot of hype around the new operating system - we had an early look at Windows 7 shortly after ...
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overclockersclub.com 2/24/2009 — Introduction We all know that just about every computer is different. Some are built for gaming, some for word processing, others are just designed for watching movies. However, there is one thing that all computers have in common; an operating ...
Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP | All about Microsoft
blogs.zdnet.com 4/6/2009 — April 6th, 2009 Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:04 am Categories: App Compatibility , Channel , Corporate strategy , OEMs , Resellers , System builders , Vista , Windows 7 , Windows XP , Windows ...
Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition?
techreport.com 10/30/2008 — As an early adopter, I'm a bit used to being burned by my purchases. Formats die, product availability and support are usually low, and the next revision always does twice as much for half the price. Those assumptions aside, I still feel a bit ...
Microsoft confirms Windows 7 coming this year
news.cnet.com 5/11/2009 — Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it is planning to release Windows 7 this year , in time for the holiday shopping season.
"We are tracking well to a Windows 7 holiday," Microsoft Senior Vice President Bill Veghte said in an interview. Veghte ...
Windows 7 to launch October 22
news.cnet.com 6/2/2009 —
Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it is planning for Windows 7 to hit retail shelves and start showing up on new PCs on October 22.
To reach that milestone, Microsoft plans to wrap up development of the operating system by the middle or end of ...
Microsoft mum on Vista plans after Windows 7 launch
networkworld.com 5/4/2009 — How long does Microsoft plan to keep selling copies of its Windows Vista operating system after the upcoming launch of Windows 7 ? The company isn't saying. Slideshow: Seven things to love, hate about Windows 7 With previous versions of Windows, ...
Introducing the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7
windowsteamblog.com 5/27/2009 — At Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference about a year ago today, Julie Larson-Green first introduced Walt Mossberg to Windows 7 and its multi-touch capabilities, which we call Windows Touch . While we’ve been working on bringing ...
Has Microsoft learnt its lessons with Windows 7 stickers?
pcpro.co.uk 10/5/2009 — Posted on 30 Sep 2009 at 12:26 Microsoft has started certifying PCs as "compatible with Windows 7" in a bid to reassure PC buyers. The new logo will appear on devices that "have passed Microsoft designed tests for compatibility and reliability with ...
Carl! Icahn! quits! Yahoo! —
The Register 10/26/2009
Loses! millions! of! dollars! Carl Icahn has resigned from Yahoo's board of directors after a stint that saw him fail to flog the company to Microsoft and the web firm's shareprice continue to slide.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland ...
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