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Posts Tagged Vista

Windows and OS X: Not As Differen’t As You’d Think

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In 2006, Microsoft released Windows Vista. It was supposed to be great but it was delivered years late, and when it finally released it was a slow, buggy mess that no one wanted to use. It wanted all of your memory, and it wouldn’t run well on the computer you already had without significant upgrades. People went out of their way to use its predecessor, since it was consistently faster and more compatible with their applications.

Let me type that paragraph again, with a few subtle changes: In 2001, Apple released Mac OS X 10.0. It was supposed to be great but it was delivered years late, and when it finally released it was a slow, buggy mess that no one wanted to use. It wanted all of your memory, and it wouldn’t run well on the computer you already had without significant upgrades. People went out of their way to use its predecessor, since it was consistently faster and more compatible with their applications.

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Microsoft’s Windows 7 Priorities. Education! Education! Education!

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Clearly a large part of Microsoft’s marketing strategy for Windows 7 is education and awareness of the new features in Windows 7.  This is contrary to what many of us might have thought.  I personally expected a much dryer campaign focusing on compatibility, stability and security.

For this, Microsoft are using video heavily with a slew of tutorials covering every aspect of ‘using’ Windows.  I say ‘using’ because they don’t cover installing or any advanced topics.  Instead they’re focusing on  having fun, being productive and introducing new features like multi-touch in exciting and engaging ways.

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Windows 7 “Steve Ballmer” Edition

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If you’ve been one of the lucky ones chosen by Microsoft to host a Windows 7 Launch Party, aside from the Windows 7 Napkins and Balloons, you will now have something else to show off at your party. You will receive a limited “Steve Ballmer” edition of Windows 7! Basically its Windows 7 Ultimate, but this special edition of Windows 7 will sport new fancy looking packaging and have Steve Ballmer’s signature on it.

This Ballmer edition of Windows 7 was discovered after some windows enthusiast complained directly to Ballmer because they weren’t eligible to host a Windows 7 Launch Party because of their location. Feeling their dismay at been unable to host one of these exclusive Windows 7 Party’s, Ballmer decided to send them a party kit right away before any of the other party hosts would receive them. In it the Windows 7 Ultimate Ballmer Edition was found (See below)

The Ballmer Edition Of Windows 7 - Courtest of M3 SweattThe Ballmer Edition Of Windows 7 – Courtesy of M3 Sweatt

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New nVidia drivers released, showcase another strength of Windows 7

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nvidiaGood news for people with nVidia graphics cards – today, the manufacturer released its 191.07 graphics drivers for all desktop graphics cards. As with the last few releases, these drivers fully support both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7.

These drivers support the usual goodies for users of cards in the GeForce 8 series or above – namely, PhysX, CUDA, WDDM 1.1, and DirectCompute, a series of technologies geared toward making your graphics card do more than play the latest games.

So what? It’s just another driver release, right? Well, that in itself is remarkable, and it shows just how far ahead Windows 7 is of Windows Vista.

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Windows 7 Already On The Way To Replacing Vista

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For the first time in almost 2 years, Windows Vista lost some market share for the month of September. According to Stat counter , Windows Vista was at its peak in August holding 23.36% of the market share. But last month ( September ) it dropped to 22.54% . Windows 7 on the other hand climbed from 1.69% to reach a record high of 1.79%.

While these aren’t exactly huge changes is either OS’s market share, It is the first time Windows Vista has lost market share in almost 2 years. It’s also Windows 7’s biggest jump since it was first made available to the public in January 2009 and it shows that Vista users are already keen on switching to Windows 7.

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