When I installed Microsoft Windows 7 beta on one of my computers, one things I’ve noticed was that it was a quick and rather painless install. It seems light with less “bloatware”. It reminded me of a linux install way back when Linux didn’t try to be “use-friendly”. Back then when you install Linux, you [...]
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omputerworld reports Windows 7 full version is now available for sale, month’s before Microsoft officially releases it for sale.
Pirated copies of Microsoft Windows 7 have hit the shelves at China’s electronics bazaars, months before the operating system officially goes on sale.
A stall owner at one of the multistory PC markets in Beijing sold a copy [...]
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Windows 7 RTM build 7600 is free for download at Technet and MSDN. The download was actually made available on August 6 and early downloaders slowed the speeds to a crawl but expect it to speed up as soon as they drop off. The 32-bit edition comes in at a heavy 2.4 Gb.
If this release [...]
Big news today in tech is the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle. Sun, powerhouse during the dot-com era finally gets gobbled another Silicon Valley gorilla, Oracle, who’s been on a buying spree of late.
Oracle buys Sun for $7.4 billion, making it a direct competitor to HP and IBM.
What I’m wondering now is would this [...]
Techradar reports that Microsoft will definitely open stores in London and other European cities. The store will sell XBoxes (of course), as well as PCs and other Microsoft products.
“Our main objective is to change the buying experience for consumers around the world – to show and demonstrate Microsoft’s key consumer products in a deeper and [...]
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Rumors are going around that users who bought a pc loaded with Vista will get an upgrade from Microsoft. Neowin reports that a document is circulating which states the computers purchased after July 1st(2009) will be eligible for a free Windows 7 upgrade! Whohoo.
I’m set to build/buy another PC so I’m in a quandery if [...]
So I got Windows 7 beta installed on one of my pcs, an emachine t6540, upgraded with 4Gb of RAM, a corsair psu and and EVGA 9600 gt graphics card. I must say the install was painless. And quick! I was surprised how quick it went. It was finished by the time my oatmean was [...]
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