Well, after a busy couple of months I’m finally back. I did miss the release of Windows 7 on my blog, but I definitely enjoyed watching the fireworks between Apple and Microsoft through their commercials on tv. Microsoft has definitely come out with a product that the public seems to …
I just got done reading a post by Don Reisinger who makes a very good point that Windows 7 Ultimate (and really, Windows Vista Ultimate) offers very little in the way of features over Windows 7 Professional. Personally, I hate the idea of having several versions of the operating system, …
Release Candidate 1 of Windows 7 was released yesterday to MSDN and TechNet subscribers with a generally available release date of May 5. The biggest new feature: an “XP compatibility mode” that’s really a Windows XP virtual machine. The compatibility mode is supposed to grease the skids for people upgrading …
Evidently a recently leaked build of Windows 7 allows Internet Explorer 8 to be uninstalled. It still is installed by default, of course, but it’s allowed to be removed fully (with the exception of the rendering engine, MSHTML.DLL). Microsoft has been challenged in courts in Europe over creating a monopoly …
Microsoft has announced that it will be selling Windows 7 Starter Edition as a lower-cost option for low-end netbooks. The edition limits users to only 3 concurrent applications to be run. Microsoft has cited performance on the low-end netbooks and a survey that showed that on average, a consumer uses …