Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Questions about iMacs and the Apple Time Capsule, Windows 7.
Mossblog
Deciphering Windows 7 Upgrades: The Official Chart
By Walt Mossberg
Over the past two weeks, I've explained some of the challenges and limitations that will be involved in upgrading an existing Windows XP or Windows Vista PC to the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system, due out October 22. Several readers asked me to publish a chart showing which current versions of Windows could be easily upgraded to which planned versions of Windows 7, and which couldn't. Read More »
Published on August 4, 2009
Featured Review
A Windows to Help You Forget
By Walter S. Mossberg
Walter S. Mossberg calls Windows 7 a boost to productivity and a pleasure to use -- Microsoft's best operating system yet. Read More »
Published on October 7, 2009
Reviews and Reader Questions
- Windows 7 Upgrades and Screen Readability - 10/21/2009
- Upgrading to Windows 7 - 10/14/2009
- Windows 7 Upgrade Made Easy - 10/13/2009
- Buying a PC With Windows 7 - 10/7/2009
- Snow Leopard, Windows 7 and Netbooks - 9/2/2009
- Windows 7 Minimum Requirements - 8/5/2009
- Hasta la Vista: The Many Versions of Windows 7 - 7/29/2009
- Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 - 7/29/2009
- For Some, Move To Windows 7 Will Be Tough - 7/22/2009
- Even in Test Form, Windows 7 Leaves Vista in the Dust - 1/21/2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system is selling quite well, according to CEO Steve Ballmer. In remarks at a press conference in Tokyo Thursday, Ballmer said that Windows 7’s first 10 days at market have been more successful than those of any of its predecessors.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
"I’m Steve Ballmer, and I’m a Windows 7 PC." With those words, spoken at a big company event in New York City, the Microsoft CEO launched the newest version of Windows, the one he hopes will regain the customer goodwill lost with its predecessor, Vista.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Here’s an interesting Windows 7 stat as we near the operating system’s official release: It's Amazon U.K.’s biggest pre-ordered product of all time. In fact, the online retailer has received more pre-orders for Windows 7 than it did for J.K. Rowling’s final "Harry Potter" book.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Microsoft launched Windows Vista in New York City on Jan. 30, 2007. And it plans to launch Windows 7 there as well. According to invitations distributed today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will preside over an event celebrating the availability and launch of Windows 7 on Oct. 22.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Despite all its threats and protestations, Microsoft has finally capitulated to the European Commission’s demand that it bundle rival Web browsers along with Internet Explorer in Windows 7. "Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a solution to the pending antitrust case," the Commission said in a press release. Microsoft, for its part, says the move is a "big step forward."
Thursday, July 23, 2009
How low can Microsoft go?
Very low, it seems, in announcing really bad fourth-quarter earnings, missing Wall Street revenue estimates by an astonishing $1 billion.
Talk about a game of extreme limbo.
No surprise--Microsoft shares have been taking a beating in after-hours trading.
BoomTown liveblogged the earnings call.
Microsoft has signed off on Windows 7. On Wednesday, the company released the final version of the operating system to manufacturers, a piece of software that it hopes will restore the engineering reputation that Vista so badly tarnished.
Monday, July 13, 2009
When Windows 7 arrives at market in October, it will be ignored by more businesses than adopted. That’s the conclusion of a new survey conducted by Quest Software’s ScriptLogic unit, which polled 1,000 corporations on their plans for Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system. While 5.4 percent of respondents said they plan to deploy Windows 7 this calendar year and 34 percent by the end of 2010, 59.3 percent said they had no plans to deploy it at all.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president of Microsoft Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, was given a bump-up in title today. He was promoted to president, joining Stephen Elop, Bob Muglia, Qi Lu and Robbie Bach as the fifth company executive with that title. The official announcement and all-hands memo, after the jump.
Can Google's boldest attack against Microsoft succeed? Absolutely. Even if it flops.
The newly announced Google Chrome OS won't show up until the second half of 2010, when it will first appear on lightweight netbooks. Eventually, it's supposed to run on full-sized PCs. But Chrome OS will start working long before consumers start booting it up next year as it forces Steve Ballmer and company to open up yet another front in their long-running war against Google.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
As most know by now, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced the software giant's relaunch of its search offering, dubbed Bing, onstage at the seventh D: All Things Digital conference.
You can see that here, as well as Ballmer demoing the product, which is Microsoft's biggest and priciest attempt yet to catch archrival Google and Yahoo in the search business.
It is a market where the typically dominant Microsoft is a mouse in comparison. But, no surprise, that did not stop Ballmer from doing some roaring about Bing.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Launching Windows 7 with a steeply discounted preorder offer won’t eradicate all memory of Microsoft’s widely criticized Vista operating system, but it might ensure that it receives a better reception at market. And so the company today said that beginning Friday, “select markets” can preorder Windows 7 at a more than 50 percent discount.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Microsoft’s proposal to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7 in Europe may put the company in compliance with European law, but it’s not going to lead to better competition in the browser market. That’s the word from Microsoft’s rivals at home and abroad who say the “must-carry” provision the European Commission has been mulling as a solution to the company’s antitrust indiscretions is the only one that will work.
Friday, June 12, 2009
What a brilliant move. The European Commission claims Microsoft’s practice of bundling Internet Explorer with Windows violates European competition laws, so the company strips IE out of European versions of Windows 7. Now the Commission can’t argue that Microsoft’s behavior distorts fair competition in the browser market because, well, there’s no browser.
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