Tag Archives: Vista

Nov
06

Microsoft Windows 7 flies out faster than Vista

It’s good news for Microsoft, as early sales of new operating system Windows 7 have been strong. Far stronger than Vista ever managed, although that isn’t particularly difficult, given that Vista.. more
Oct
21

Windows 7 pre-orders steamroller Harry Potter

Microsoft’s launch of Windows 7 is going to be quite spectacular, if the figures for the UK pre-orders from Amazon are anything to go by. The operating system has grabbed the.. more
Jun
04

Windows 7 released in October

The latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 7, has been given a release date and it would seem to be earlier than expected. It will become officially available on the 22nd.. more
May
01

Windows 7 candidate version released next week

Microsoft will be releasing the next step to the launch of Windows 7 next week. A release candidate will be made available, and the company is looking to avoid the issues that have plagued the operating system Vista, which was the last major Microsoft launch... more
Feb
06

XP users can upgrade to Windows 7

All those computer users who did not upgrade to Vista for various reasons, or in fact downgraded from Vista to XP because they did not like the new operating system, may find that upgrading to Windows 7 will not be as straight forward as they.. more
Dec
29

XP lives on, for now

It looks as if fans of XP will be able to get a new computer with the operating system for some time to come, even though the cut off point for computer manufacturers to obtain Windows XP licences was going to be the end of.. more
Nov
06

Windows 7 compatible with low-end machines

Microsoft seems to have taken a lesson from the reluctance of SMEs to upgrade to its Vista operating system when designing Windows 7. Vista, which runs on machines with at least 40GB of storage, 1GB of memory and a 1GHz 32- or 64-bit processor, has.. more
Aug
18

Windows 7 features announced next month

Although the release date for Windows 7 is not likely to be before early 2010, there is a lot of interest in what Microsoft are planning to offer, especially by those who loved XP, but when Vista arrived absolutely hated it for various reasons. As.. more
Aug
11

XP still being loaded in new computers

It has been almost eighteen months since Windows Vista first appeared on a PC or Laptop screen and, despite there being more than 180 million sales of the operating system, there are claims that the old favourite, Windows XP, is still outselling the newer Windows.. more
Jun
20

Dell start to charge for downgrading to XP

When Dell announced that they would downgrade Vista so that they could keep installing XP into their equipment after the 30th June deadline, it was thought of as being a good move. Although they may have been the first computer company to do this, they.. more