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Microsoft offers Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade pre-order for $49.99
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| Rick’s Opinion
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| Still not worth it. Ubuntu is free and I own Windows 2000 Professional,
| Windows XP Home, and Vista for all my Win32 needs. I can’t imagine a time in
| the future where I’ll need Windows 7 for any reason aside from a review.
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http://www.geek.com/articles/linux/microsoft-offers-windows-7-home-premium-upgrade-pre-order-for-4999-2009076/
"Windows 7 is the same as Ubuntu"
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| I asked him last night about his initial impressions of Windows 7 and, in
| typical teenage fashion, as he was bouncing between Meebo windows and browser
| tabs, he said it was “nice.” I managed to extract from him that his favorite
| feature was that he was able to use his Zune with it, something that had
| never worked terribly well with Ubuntu. Otherwise, he said, “Windows 7 is the
| same as Ubuntu; there just really isn’t anything different about them.”
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http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2770
Actually, there *is* "anything different about them."
GNU/Linux is here. Right now. Downloadable. Vista 7 is not a finished product,
it's not in shops.
Recent:
Windows 7 vs Linux: Can there be a game now?
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| The Linux distros and admirers have made difference in mainly three areas:
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| 1. Maximum use of all the resources (memory and physical space)
| 2. Have kept security tightened with no virus and no considerable security
| loophole
| 3. open source.
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http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/windows-7-vs-linux-can-there-be-a-game-now/
Microsoft dumps Ultimate Extras from Windows 7
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| Ultimate Extras was among the elements Microsoft cited in the months leading
| up to the early-2007 release of Windows Vista Ultimate to distinguish it from
| lower-priced versions. According to Microsoft's marketing, Extras was to
| be "cutting-edge programs, innovative services and unique publications" that
| would be regularly offered only to users of Vista's highest-priced edition.
|
| But users blasted Microsoft for the paltry number of add-ons it released and
| its leisurely development pace. Just five months after Vista was launched,
| critics started to complain, which led Microsoft to promise that it would do
| better.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=knowledge_center&articleId=9127608&taxonomyId=1&intsrc=kc_top
Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha4 vs. Windows 7 Beta
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| What are you going to use this summer? Ubuntu 9.04 will be released at the
| end of April and Windows 7 is rumored to be out at the end of July. With the
| release dates so close together, which would you prefer to run? To make the
| decision easier, I've tried to objectively compare Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha4 and
| Windows 7 Beta, both released at the end of January.
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http://blog.ibeentoubuntu.com/2009/02/ubuntu-904-alpha4-vs-windows-7-beta.html
Microsoft admits it messed up Windows 7 security
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| Following a week where no less than two security flaws were reported in
| Windows 7 which were officially dismissed and not constituting a
| vulnerability, it seems there has now been a rather huge change of mind at
| Microsoft and a frankly astonishing confession.
|
| Microsoft has been at the sharp end of the flawed security stick this week,
| and the funny thing is it seems that they both made the stick and have been
| responsible for the continued prodding with it.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23084/1231/
Windows 7: Not Quite The Change We Need
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| To fix those deeper-seated ailments, however, Microsoft would have had to put
| in a lot more than two years of work. We might not be able to try out Vista's
| replacement for another year or two--but at that point, we might see a
| dramatically improved operating system that could never be mistaken for a
| Service Pack update to Vista.
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2009/01/windows_7_not_quite_the_change.html?hpid=sec-tech
Windows 7 Beta Flunks Out Of Georgetown
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| A prestigious Washington, D.C., university has barred students and faculty
| from using the trial version of Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system on
| school computers.
|
| "Do not install new Microsoft beta release," states a new warning from
| Georgetown University's IT group. "Installing any beta version of software is
| extremely risky," the warning states.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903508&subSection=All+Stories
Some Fanboys Don’t Like Windows 7 Either
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| Amazingly, the Windows Supersite of Paul Thurrott is showing some falling out
| of lockstep with Redmond.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/theoracle/2009/01/15/some-fanboys-dont-like-windows-7-either/
Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Windows 7 Edition
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| Windows 7, the much-hyped upcoming version of Windows operating system is now
| in Beta. And though it’s kind of promising based on reading some of the
| positive reviews, one thing is for sure; it will never become the 'awesomest'
| operating system that everyone will love.
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http://www.junauza.com/2009/01/blue-screen-of-death-bsod-windows-7.html
Windows 7 Unmasked
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| But after the stage props came down, and after the projectors finally went
| cold, attendees were left with a pre-beta copy of something that looked less
| like a new OS than the repackaging of an old one. At least that was my
| impression after I started exploring the Windows 7 M3 (Milestone 3) bits that
| came on my shiny new 160GB Western Digital USB hard disk (one of the better
| tchotchkes I've received at a conference). As I reported on my Enterprise
| Desktop blog, the more I dug into Windows 7, the more I saw an OS that looked
| and felt like a slightly tweaked version of Windows Vista.
|
| [...]
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| Just what was so new about Microsoft's next Windows, apart from a rejuggled
| UI? Windows 7 appeared to suck memory like Vista, to consume CPU like Vista,
| and to have the same consumer focus. How would this product be received by
| enterprise customers, the vast majority of whom had soundly rejected its
| predecessor? After all, if Vista wasn't good enough for big business, then
| surely a Vista-derived encore would meet with a similarly chilly reception.
|
| [...]
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| Otherwise, Windows 7 operates much like Vista. There are subtle visual tweaks
| here and there, but nothing on the level of the dramatic XP-to-Vista
| transition. Ironically, Vista users may be more annoyed by the UI changes
| than users coming from XP. Because the Windows 7 and Vista Aero experiences
| are so similar, seasoned users of Vista will be more likely to look in the
| wrong places for common functions. By contrast, XP users won't be burdened
| with now-outdated Aero navigation skills.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/153624/windows_7_preview.html?tk=rss_news
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