Windows has had a long history, complicated by there being two completely separate product lines sharing the same name. The original Windows started off as a graphical shell on top of MS-DOS and ended up incorporating DOS as its boot-loader. The second line, originally called [...]
So here’s the vnunet.com top 10 Windows 7 rants:
5. Next on the list is ‘Chuck Baggett’ who plumped for Windows 16 as the most sensible choice of product name, but conceded that 7 had its advantages especially for those worried about green IT issues: “The [...]
“[Windows 7], it’s Windows Vista, a lot better,” said Ballmer. The interview was later posted as a webcast on the Gartner site.
“Windows Vista is good; Windows 7 is Windows Vista with cleanup in user interface [and] improvements in performance,” Ballmer said. “Look, I’m not encouraging [...]
Much of the discussion around Windows 7 has centred around how the interface will change and what features will be removed. But there’s another area Microsoft could improve — the often cryptic and unhelpful error messages Windows produces — and it doesn’t need a brand-new [...]
A “pre-beta” release of Windows 7, will be included on a 160GB USB hard drive handed out at the Professional Developers Conference held on October 27-30 in Los Angeles.
Cherry expressed cautious optimism that Microsoft may be on track for completion in 2009 but said that [...]
Microsoft appears to have put Windows 7 on an accelerated schedule that could see it released in 2010. That will provide IT departments with all the justification they need to simply skip Vista and wait to eventually standardize on Windows 7 as the next OS [...]
In a post to the PDC website, Microsoft says developers will get a “pre-beta” release of Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista.
Mike Swanson, a Microsoft technology evangelist working on the PDC, says attendees will receive a 160GB external USB hard drive that will contain [...]
A controversial study
Despite the best efforts of Microsoft, Windows VistaDernière major version of Windows, exit early 2007. Windows Vista is the first major revision of Windows since XP. It provides no … continues to suffer from its bad reputation. A study of Corporate IT Forum [...]
Microsoft should present a first preview of Windows code 7Nom successor to Windows Vista. Windows Seven is a project whose outcome is not expected before 2010 at the earliest. After delays … to an audience of developers at the Professional Developpers Conference (PDCMicrosoft Professional Developers [...]
The U.S. publisher says on his blog dedicated to developers that the first version of its next OS Windows 7 will be broadcast next month. It will be a “pre-beta” to be published at the Professional Developers Conference (27 to October 30 in Los Angeles).
“With [...]