The guesses about the release of the next Microsoft operating system Windows 7 ranged from a release in early 2009 to a later release in 2010. The last months changed that wide range a bit when Microsoft officially confirmed that they were aiming for a 2009 holiday season release.
Today Ina Fried published an article at [...]
Windows 7 To Launch October 22
5 Reasons Why You Might Want To Switch From XP To Windows 7
Windows XP is an excellent operating system. The majority of Windows users are still running Windows XP followed by Windows Vista and other variants. XP is leading the field by a ratio of 3:1 according to statistics gathered on w3schools (the operating system gets transmitted usually when a user opens a website). That alone is [...]
Ubuntu Take 2 – I Think I’m Getting the Hang of Things
First the good news: My laptop finally has access to a working internet connection so the lack of connectivity is no longer a problem with me installing Ubuntu. Now, after last time’s slightly rocky start, I decided to take things slow and devote more time to my second shot with Ubuntu. The biggest difference was [...]
Windows 7 Release Candidate Released
Microsoft has released the long awaited release candidate build of their upcoming Windows 7 operating system according to a post on Windows 7 News. The post refers to a page on the Microsoft Partner Program website containing a download link for the Windows 7 release candidate that is currently only available to selected partners. It [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Apr 12th, 2009
- Comments: 25
Do you use your OEM operating system?
I just got my hands on a new Sony Vaio FW, and I’m really interested to know how you guys use the operating system on your laptop. My old one had XP installed, which I threw away, downloaded a fresh copy, and used my serial on that without any problems, and as long as I [...]
Portable Ubuntu For Windows
There are quite a few possibilities to take the Linux distribution Ubuntu for a test drive. It can be run from Live CDs, run in a virtual machine or installed on a free partition on the computer system even from within Windows (using Wubi). Portable Ubuntu adds another possibility to these choices by offering to [...]
Internet Explorer 8 Can Be Uninstalled In Latest Windows 7 Build
A complaint of browser developer Opera that Microsoft has undermined competition by integrating its own Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system is currently being investigated by the European Union. If Microsoft is found guilty the company could face hefty fines and be forced to untie Internet Explorer from its next operating system installment Windows [...]
