Well, after a long wait, the public beta of Windows 7 is now available. As part of this, I’ll be showcasing some of the ‘under-the-hood’ improvements that may get some of you geeksters a bit interested.
Most of these improvements are underneith the control panel and seem to be a big imporvement over their previous operating systems, [...]
Windows 7 – Beta 1 Launch
January 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Windows 7: Tablet Interface Changes
December 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
I’ve created a quick demo of the tablet interface of Windows 7. Enjoy.
Tablet Interface Demo
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Controversy Strikes Geekpi over Microsoft Loaner Laptop
December 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
It had to happen. The accusations that bloggers and journalists have been bought out by Microsoft, because they (we?) took loaner laptops. I enjoy that the website ‘Boycott Novell’ took the time to detail my coverage of Windows 7 and the PDC coverage.
According to them:
“I got a $2000 worth of schwag from a company that [...]
Next Windows 7 Build Release Date (Beta 1?)
December 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Yeah, I know most of those other blogs out there are claiming a rumored release date for the Beta 1 build of Windows 7 will be coming soon. But I know a little more than they do.
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Windows 7 on a 6 year old PIII Tablet
December 3rd, 2008 · 42 Comments
It was briefly rumored and demoed oh so briefly that Windows 7 would run on lower speced hardware than Vista, and would run nicely on netbooks.
To test that out myself, I decided to take one of the more antiquated and obscure pieces of hardware I had around the office, a Toshiba Protege 3500. Here’s what [...]
The Inside Line on Windows 7
October 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Reporting live from PDC in Los Angeles, I’ve now had a good 36 hours using an early Pre-Beta build (6801) of Windows 7. At Sunday’s press event, Microsoft demonstrated a load of new features. In the demo laptop I’ve been provided by Microsoft, a good number of the UI enhancements demonstrated are not included in [...]
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Win 7: Demo Laptop
October 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Here’s a look at the hardware that Microsoft is using to demonstrate their lastest pre-beta version of Windows 7. Journalist reviewers are loaned 1 of two models of laptop, the hard hitting, but feather weight Dell 1330 and a lenovo laptop with an SSD hard-drive (I don’t recall the model). That’s all I can say [...]
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