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14 Jul 2009 10:21

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Tech: Microsoft might again offer a Windows upgrade companies don’t want

  • 59% of companies don’t plan to upgrade their machines source
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07 Jul 2009 09:44

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Tech: Microsoft’s Windows 7 Ultimate: Is it really all that ultimate?

  • 2 features separate Windows 7 Ultimate from Windows 7 Professional source
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25 Jun 2009 10:21

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Tech: Windows 7: Still expensive, but cheaper than Vista

  • $119 The price the average consumer will pay to upgrade to the Home Edition from Windows XP or Vista; the most expensive package – a new version of Ultimate – costs $319
  • 10% The decrease in prices for Windows 7 from Windows Vista – which is nice, but Apple’s Mac OSX Snow Leopard will only cost $29 for most consumers to upgrade source
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04 May 2009 11:34

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Biz, Tech: Vista may leave store shelves as soon as Windows 7 arrives

  • It’s been a long time since we’ve had a version of Windows that will actually run better (than the previous version) on the hardware that most customers have.
  • Mike Nash • Microsoft’s vice president of the Windows product management group. MS appears to be ready to give up on the unpopular OS. Vista may stop shipping with new computers as soon as Windows 7 shows up, according to a company-wide memo. But … but … what would Lauren say? • source
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30 Apr 2009 10:20

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Tech: Want to try Windows 7 for a year? You can, cheap skate.

  • The release candidate, out May 5, won’t expire until June 2010. Microsoft, on the brink of releasing a make-or-break version of Windows, is making the pre-retail release candidate free to use for over a year. “It’s available to as many people who see fit to use it, although we wouldn’t recommend it to just your average user,” said John Curran, director of the Windows Client Group. Does it work on a 386, John? source
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07 Mar 2009 13:51

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Tech: New Windows feature: Turn off Internet Explorer. Whoo!

We are SO clicking on that checkbox, Microsoft. Thanks for the help, European regulators! source
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09 Feb 2009 10:09

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Biz, Tech: Microsoft: People don’t use many apps, so we’ll charge more!

  • 2 number of Windows apps MS claims the average person uses source
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03 Feb 2009 22:53

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Tech: Microsoft is releasing five too many versions of its new OS

  • six freakin’ versions of Windows 7. Sigh.
  • one freakin’ version of Mac OSX 10.5. Just sayin’. source
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