Tagged: Vista & News
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Windows 7 overtakes Vista for the first time News
01.09.2010 Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 has surpassed the marketshare of Vista for the first time. According to figures, Windows 7 is approaching 20pc global market share. -
Windows 7 usage overtakes Vista News
04.08.2010 It has taken Windows 7 less than a year to overtake its predecessor Vista in terms of worldwide usage, according to data from an IT analyst firm. -
Microsoft ‘excited’ at potential of virtual desktop infrastructure News
30.03.2010 The arrival of Windows 7 has led to the growing migration of users towards virtual desktop infrastructure, a trend that will lend agility to mobile workers and business... -
Windows 7 may overtake notebooks News
14.10.2009 Move over notebooks – Windows 7 is on the way. So says market intelligence provider DRAMeXchange, which foresees a "notebook computer replacement effect" following the rollout...Categories: New Media -
Windows 7 is complete and ready for OEMs, says Microsoft News
23.07.2009 Microsoft has revealed that its next operating system Windows 7 is now fully complete and is being shipped to OEM (original equipment manufacturers) with a view to seeing the... -
Six out of 10 IT administrators don’t plan to deploy Windows 7 News
13.07.2009 Nearly 60pc of IT administrators do not plan to migrate to Windows 7, despite the operating system’s acclaim and notable user interface improvement over Vista.Categories: CIO -
An eye for an eye as Microsoft forced to pay i4i US$200m News
21.05.2009 Microsoft has vowed to appeal after being ordered by a Texan court to pay a Canadian software firm called i4i a whopping US$200m in damages for infringing a patent.Categories: BusinessTags: Vista, -
Windows 7: less bloated, more power than Vista News
08.01.2009 Us mere mortals now have the chance to download the beta version of Microsoft’s brand-new operating system, Windows 7, which promises to kick Vista to the kerb.Categories: Digital Life -
Microsoft previews Windows 7 – Office apps for web News
28.10.2008 Making everyday tasks simpler and easier is the promise Microsoft has made as it previews its Windows 7 forthcoming operating system (OS). It has also revealed lightweight...Categories: New Media -
MacBook range: aluminium ‘unibody’, glass trackpad and backlight LED full screen News
14.10.2008 As always, when Apple makes an announcement it likes to go for the dramatic. In January, we had the almost paper-thin MacBook Air that slipped into an A4 envelope right before...Categories: Digital Life -
Microsoft’s new operating system to be called Windows 7 News
14.10.2008 Microsoft has gone for an ‘it does exactly what it says on the tin’ approach to branding its next operating system (OS), which will be known simply as Windows 7.Categories: New Media -
Windows 7 debuts next month for developers News
26.09.2008 Seinfeld or no Seinfeld, Windows Vista was always going to be a hard sell for Microsoft. Most business users were content with XP and experienced driver support issues with...Categories: Digital Life -
Microsoft takes aim at Apple’s ‘stereotype’ News
22.09.2008 I’m a PC video What do you do when a somewhat trendier company gets kudos for building a media-savvy image partially by comparing itself to you, and getting a snigger...Categories: Digital Life -
Microsoft enlists Seinfeld to fight off Apple and save Vista News
22.08.2008 South Park Mac v PC video Microsoft has recruited comedian Jerry Seinfeld to take part in a US$300m advertising campaign to help shake off the clunky perception...Categories: New Media -
XP exits (almost) but support remains until 2014 News
26.06.2008 If you want to grab a standalone copy of XP the last chance is on 30 June, but if you plan to order a new machine with XP pre-installed prepare to say your final farewell by...Categories: BusinessTags: Vista, Bill Gates, -
Windows XP not going quietly News
29.04.2008 Shortly after Dell said it would continue to offer the Windows XP operating system (OS) to customers as an option on its new machines, even though this will surpass the official...Categories: New Media -
IT managers pass on Vista, wait for Windows 7 News
14.04.2008 When Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald asked IT managers in their audience at a Las Vegas talk last Thursday to raise their hands if they felt that Microsoft...Categories: New MediaTags: Vista, -
Vista sales surpass 100 million licences News
25.01.2008 Little over a year since its debut, Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows Vista has sold over 100 million licences worldwide and the company reported revenues of US$16.3bn...Categories: Business -
Is business finding the value in Vista? News
20.12.2007 It was supposed to be Microsoft’s latest and best operating system, rich with the promise of more productive workers, less stressed IT managers and, by extension, better...Categories: BusinessTags: Vista -
Fast financials let Microsoft party like it's 1999 News
26.10.2007 Microsoft revealed last night that revenues increased 27pc to US$13.7 billion — the fastest revenue growth out of any first quarter since 1999 — boosted by demand for its Vista...