Posts Tagged ‘Windows 7’

Microsoft has performed a U-turn and dumped Windows 7 E, the Europe-only Internet Explorer-free version of Windows 7. The reason? Microsoft didn't receive too positive a response from the European Commission to Windows 7 E. Instead, the corporation is proposing to the EC that the browser ballot screen will appear on copies of Windows 7 when people launch Internet Explorer for the first ... Full story

Microsoft believes that Windows 7 is well positioned to hold off any threat from the forthcoming Chrome OS, insisting that the early delay in catering for netbooks is a dim and distant memory. By the time Chrome OS arrives in the second half of 2010, Windows 7 - including a starter edition built specifically for low power, low cost netbooks - will have ... Full story

Windows 7 will be more than just a better interface. Under-the-hood changes will allow chips from Intel, Nvidia, and Advanced Micro Devices to ratchet up Windows 7 performance above previous Microsoft operating systems. Microsoft on Wednesday said it has finalized the code for Windows 7, set to ship with new PCs starting October 22. Improvements will include how Windows handles multitasking, graphics acceleration, ... Full story

Consumers running Windows Vista Ultimate, who have blasted Microsoft for breaking promises to deliver a host of extras, are now knocking the company's upgrade plans and discount pricing for Windows 7. Users commenting on several recent Computerworld stories about Windows 7 have let Microsoft have it, especially over the limited-time discount Microsoft is offering on pre-orders of Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Professional ... Full story

With Intel introducing new faster and cheaper SSD drives coinciding with Windows 7's release to manufacturing, it might make sense to include one with your next computer purchase. After all, Windows 7 is the first Microsoft OS to include native enhancements for SSDs. Serious geeks have been drooling over the prospect of SSD drives for years now. With their uber-expensive prices and glaring size ... Full story

Microsoft has made a new proposal to European competition regulators that it hopes will end their row over the firm's Internet Explorer web browser. It proposes that European buyers of its new Windows 7 operating system will be offered a list of potential browsers when they first install the software. The move comes a month after Microsoft said European buyers of Windows ... Full story

Microsoft has been touting Windows 7’s support for multi-touch since it annouced the operating system, but we haven’t been able to really see that functionality in action. Until now. Microsoft unvieled Touch Pack for Windows 7 back in May and we scored a ... Full story

As anticipated, Microsoft this afternoon announced that it had finished work on Windows 7, declaring that the new operating system had met the "release to manufacturing" (RTM) milestone. "Today, after all the validation checks were met, we signed off and declared build 7600.16385 as RTM," said Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc in a message that will be added later today to the company's Windows ... Full story

Microsoft will likely announce that Windows 7 has reached "release to manufacturing," or RTM, status on Wednesday, sources said. The company would neither confirm or deny that Windows 7 will RTM Wednesday; a spokeswoman on Tuesday simply repeated the company's earlier pledge that it would move the new operating system into its final pre-sale phase sometime "in the second half of July." ... Full story

Netbooks, pretty much by definition, don’t have optical drives. Microsoft is talking up Windows 7 as a great OS for netbooks. Retail versions of Windows, like almost all software, come on optical discs. Problem! Over at Cnet, ... Full story