This will be the first day that customers will be able to Buy Windows 7. The Windows 7 Beta was released in February 2009, and the Windows 7 Release Candidate was released in May 2009. The next step in the testing programme will be the launch of the Windows 7 RTM. [hide=10] Download Link none! [/hide] Microsoft Hiring For Windows 8 For the upcoming version of Windows, new critical features are being worked on including cluster support and support for one way replication. The core engine is also being reworked to provide dramatic performance improvements. We will also soon be starting major improvements for Windows 8 where we will be including innovative features which will revolutionize file access in branch offices We are looking for a strong lead who has the right blend of technical passion, leadership skills and testing experience. From a technical standpoint, we are looking for a candidate having an understanding of and a passion for large scale distributed systems. From a leadership point of view, you will need to be able to build the vision for the team, work with your development and PM counterparts on engineering excellence and effectively drive the quality of the component. In terms of testing experience, the ability to define and deliver test solutions affecting all release criteria (functionality, scalability, performance, stress, longhaul, security, etc.) is a must. Windows 7 to XP Downgrade Details Confirmed Microsoft have confirmed the rumour that it has decided to give a much longer span of time for businesses to choose whether or not they want to downgrade their computers from Windows 7 to Windows XP after purchase. The original deadline was only 6 months, which would have been a disaster for many corporates who haven’t even upgraded to Vista yet, or don’t plan to upgrade to Windows 7 within that period. The new deadline for companies to roll back their purchases to XP is April 23, 2011. However, if one attempts to downgrade after the April 23 release date, they can scale down only to Vista. It was an unexpected, yet considerable move by the corporate giant to give businesses and consumers a chance to test drive their new operating system with the ability to return to one which they know is stable. The downgrade only applies to Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate purchases, which is a bit sneaky as corporates will be paying a huge price premium for an OS they won’t be using. Could this be a bad move by Microsoft? If they do happen to release a version of Windows 7 that is covered in bugs, then this could lose new users right off the bat. The public in general does not want to pay for patience, and the arrival of a service pack to fix the problems that could arise wouldn’t come for months. It seems Microsoft is trying to prepare for the worst by offering this, but they could easily be shooting themselves in the foot. Luckily, however, Windows 7 does appear stable enough for release. Pre-Order Windows 7 @ 50% for Home Premium/Professional http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx
That's how things are. Especially with software and movies. These things take years to complete so there really is no downtime. Windows 8 doesn't sound as cool as Windows 7.
Yessir. Bought the mac because of the hardware. Love the screen, love the keyboard, it looks good and it was pretty cheap. I really don't care for OSX.
Yeah. The price isn't too bad considering I paid $1,000 and got a free iPod touch ($229 value). Besides, OSX is only worth $150.
lol i had it on my work desktop, and the security people there booked me for it XD fcking security softwares there are only compatible with XP...... anyways, i got 7 on VM already... 2 types of linux and an XP instance each on its own VM..... i can't get the fcking MAC OSX to work... ultimate goal: laptop with win7, XP, ubuntu, fedora, suse, win98, and Mac OSX. that ought to shut the fcking artsies up about "OOO I CAN RUN WINDOWS ON MAC WHILE YOU CAN'T!!!"
i use Win7 RC on both my desktop and netbook, no driver issue whatsoever. everything is running smooth.
