Reading the many blogs etc here are some of the information that is currently in the wild:
* There will be two major release dates: August 6th and October 22nd.
* TechNet/MSDN subscribers will be able to download the English language version of Windows 7 Release To Manufacturing on [...]
The first documented bug in the Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) is a doozy.
Yesterday, Microsoft published Knowledge Base article 970789, which provides details of a problem that affects the 32-bit (x86) English-language version of Windows 7 build 7100. The problem, in short, is that the installer incorrectly sets access control lists (ACLs) on the [...]
By Debra Littlejohn Shinder, MVP (Enterprise Security)
Windows 7 hasn’t even been released yet, but the buzz around it indicates that many individuals are chompin’ at the bit to upgrade as soon as it hits the market.
Despite this enthusiasm, however, much has been made of a recent survey by Dimensional Research. According to the survey, 84% [...]
When I look at the current PC hardware ecosystem I see one device which has the potential to significantly dent Microsoft’s future revenues, far more than either the Mac or Linux could achieve - the netbook.
The problem isn’t that netbooks are cannibalizing Windows sales (they aren’t, especially when you take into account that Windows-powered netbooks [...]
Author: Greg Shultz
Someday, someway, your organization is going to have to make a decision regarding the next operating system deployment. Do you know the facts of the current debate? Don’t you think you should?
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It seems like everywhere you turn on the Web these days, there’s another article bad-mouthing Microsoft Windows Vista and telling you to [...]
Microsoft on Tuesday for the first time publicly demonstrated Windows 7, the next major release of its OS for PCs that Microsoft insists will reflect lessons learned from the widely panned Windows Vista.
Microsoft also laid out a road map for the release of Windows 7 and handed out a pre-beta version to developers at the [...]
Earlier this month an official AMD presentation pointed to 2009 as Windows 7’s release year. Now, Asus CEO Jerry Shen has mentioned a similar release time frame in an interview with Laptop Magazine.
During a brief discussion about operating systems, Shen plainly told the site, “We don’t plan on putting Vista on any of the Eee [...]
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Vista’s honor – again – but at least gave a nod to enterprise buyers that planned to skip it and upgrade when Windows 7 launches.
Ballmer, speaking at the final keynote at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando, came to the stage in the middle of an economic swoon [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor.
More than half (58 percent) of businesses using Microsoft technology are “exploiting” Windows XP, compared to just four percent for Vista, according to research by the Corporate IT Forum (Tif).
Tif [...]
Over the past six months, many individuals have downloaded early, unauthorized Windows 7 test builds that have leaked from Microsoft since late last year (the 6519 series). They’ve been looking for clues — any clues — about some of the new bits that will be part of the next version of Windows client, expected out [...]
