When buying an operating system, especially one that has more than one edition, you always think things through. Do you need this or that feature and if you do is it worth your money? You can also end up purchasing the only edition you can afford. But after some time, you may realize that you need a more powerful version.
Before Vista, the only way to have a more powerful edition was to purchase it, uninstall the previous one and afterwards install the new one. For the first time, Vista introduced the feature Windows Anytime Upgrade and though the whole [...] Continue Reading…
September 5, 2009
Many years ago, even before the beginnings of Windows operating systems, the company at Redmond was paying special attention on the system-additional applications, that is, applications that are coming preinstalled with the system and are available for download later, if needed. That’s why it’s become a trend of a sort to have all kinds of applications installed on the system so that people wouldn’t go the effort of installing one. This also resulted in huge installation packages, slow operating systems and bigger chances for errors. Because of the relation between the application and the system, an error in application [...] Continue Reading…
September 4, 2009
Movie Maker is alive!
Movie Maker has an interesting biography, a road filled with continuous growth, acceptation and rejection by the users. This tool has been included as a predefined system tool in Windows OS versions, and it’s the same case with the new Windows 7. But let’s start from the beginning. It first appeared in Windows Me edition. This edition was primarily for those users that wanted to use their computer for running multimedia tasks. Hence, it was perfectly expected that Microsoft will offer software that will help users create and edit short video clips in an easy way. [...] Continue Reading…
September 4, 2009
Today at Nokia World 09, Nokia will be talking more about their upcoming new “mini laptop” the Nokia Booklet 3G which was announced last week.
Nokia has just announced that the Nokia Booklet 3G will ship with Windows 7. The Nokia Booklet 3G comes with built in A-GPS functionality. Because of this, it can take advantage of the Windows Sensor and Location Platform which means your PC and programs can know where they are for “location aware” computing. With built in 3G/HSPA capabilities, it will also utilize Windows 7’s mobile broadband enhancements. The Nokia Booklet 3G + Windows 7 is [...] Continue Reading…
September 3, 2009
Most of our visitors have already tested several versions of the Windows 7 operating system including the beta, release candidate and rtm releases of the upcoming operating system. The Windows 7 Release Candidate and RTM releases are still good for several months of testing. The RTM release of Windows 7 on the other hand has only been made available to Microsoft partners and MSDN or Technet subscribers leaving many of the release candidate users without an option to test this release as well.
Microsoft has – exactly for this reason – made available a trial version of Windows 7 Enterprise. [...] Continue Reading…
September 3, 2009
Just like the good old days
Those that have been closely following the development of the Windows operating system are well aware that certain Windows versions can really get under your skin. The moment an OS does that, users find it extremely difficult to part from it and move on to the new one. Some appreciate the stability and security of a certain OS while others are just fond of the applications that are included in it. Of course, another group of users may also become emotionally attached with the functions and the design of the OS. In the history [...] Continue Reading…
September 2, 2009
If you have been following Windows 7 news, you should already heard that Win 7 offer better battery life than Win Vista on a notebook. Today, Microsoft showed two identical notebooks playing the same DVD, with the Windows 7 equipped notebook getting 20% better battery life than one running Windows Vista.
Microsoft and Intel declined to say just how much overall battery life improvement Windows 7 might offer as compared to Vista, saying there are too many factors that can influence such results.
The event was designed to outline the joint work that the two halves of Wintel have been doing [...] Continue Reading…
September 2, 2009
Alright, I’m sure you Vista user would love to know what’s new in Windows 7. And we found this list compiled by peoples at Techradar. Note: This list doesn’t includes all the small fixes & refinement made on the new OS. I can assure you that most annoying problem such as UAC and compatibility has been improved. It’s still there, but not as annoying as before. We have already mentioned some of the features on the list in previous articles, if you’d like to know more about the function, check out the link. And we should be posting information [...] Continue Reading…
September 1, 2009
And the developers have voted in favor of Win 7
Those that work with computers, different software or networks can be grouped either as people that work with the many functions of the programs and people that develop programs. Almost all of our articles were concerning faster and easier work of the users in the newest operating system – Windows 7. Now, we target this article to the second group of users – the developers. A developer can be any person capable of creating a product that offers functions needed by other users. Since we’re talking about a large group, [...] Continue Reading…
September 1, 2009
Even though the new Mac os Snow Leopard doesn’t offer much “Wow” upgrades from the last one, it’s still worth the money at just $29 one time upgrade fees. It’s still a whole lot cheaper than Windows 7 cheapest Home Premium. Remember Snow Leopard unlike Windows 7, is not a complete system overhaul, but rather a refinement of Leopard to make the os run faster and less problem. And there’s an addon to welcome Windows 7 users. You can now run two os on the same system with the help of Boot Camp 3.0 in Snow Leopard. Note: You [...] Continue Reading…
September 1, 2009
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