Archive for June, 2009
Windows 7 For Half Price
Microsoft has announced a windows 7 pre-order offer for more details visit here.
Prices are expected to be about half of the estimated retail price.
Enjoy!
Tags: WIndows 7, Windows 7 Pre Order
Windows 7 Starter Edition Could price itself out of the Market
Windows 7 starter edition, could be a tool to spread windows 7 everywhere on low cost mobile devices, however OEM’s are reporting that Microsoft is planning on charging $45-55 for starter edition, this might not seem like alot, however when they can install Linux for free this is a steep cost. Previously Microsoft was charging around $15 for windows XP. If Microsoft wants windows 7 to become the standard for netbooks, which it has spent much time optimizing windows 7 for, this could be a serious problem as many oem’s may pass on it due to high cost. Perhaps the pricing strategy will be revisited, only time will tell.
Tags: Netbook, Windows 7 Starter
Windows 7 SP1 build 7227 Leaked
Their are reports that a new version of windows 7 has been leaked. Their are reports that this new version is already making its way around various p2p networks, however at this time it appears only a 32 bit version has been leaked.
The details of the file if you want to check the integrity of it is..
FILE:7227.0.x86fre.winmain_sp.090602-2110.client_en-us.ultimate.vhd
(the original VHD in packed RAR archive, size RAR file: 2,005,278,460 byte
SHA1: 3FFE342C8A9FD2CDF0AF937D2A25BCA640C4010B)
SIZE: 5,584,065,536 byte
CRC: 616985FA
MD5: F98F78D86940761D8909023A00C75704
SHA1: 082F189EE4F58393D3CB113B0F46EC0E1EE41BD8
According to one poster… the following is changes that have been made in this revision.
According to one of the downloaders the following changes have been made to build 7227
1. Changes in the mechanism for displaying thumbnails in the taskbar.
2. Pop-Up lists for the panel
3. Pop-Up lists for Remote Desktop
4. Applying the settings of the taskbar
5. Multitouch zoom
6. Invert selection
7. You can search for music by artist
8. View the contents of the search results
9. Intelligent indexing after installation
10. Reducing the length of playback sounds system
11. Changes in the panel Devices and Printers
12. Changes in the mechanism of extraction devices
13. Support for FireWire-cameras
14. Reduction in section in system
15. Improved driver support
16. Reducing the paging file
17. Assigning a letter to boot with two OS loaded
18. Naming the section reserved for the system
