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Will Windows 7 Be Bad News for Apple?

Monday, January 19, 2009 15:07 No Comments

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As of December, Apple’s Mac OS X commanded 9.63 percent of the OS market, according to Net Applications, while Microsoft still led the way, accounting for more than 88 percent of the operating-system market.

But the real story behind those figures is Apple’s meteoric rise in the market. Just one year prior, in [...]

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Windows 7: A Pre-Failure Already?

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:37 No Comments

InfoWorld’s Randall Kennedy examines Windows 7 from the kernel up, subjecting the “pre-beta” to a battery of benchmarks to find any signs that the OS will be faster, more responsive, and less resource-intensive than the bloated Vista, as Microsoft suggests.
Identical thread counts at the kernel level suggest to Kennedy that Windows 7 is a “minor [...]

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Introduction to Windows Vista

Monday, October 15, 2007 21:15 No Comments

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Hunt for Vista drivers can be elusive

Wednesday, April 4, 2007 16:19 No Comments

When it was released, Vista included 30,000 drivers. They work with 1.7 million pieces of software. But many people are having problems finding drivers for their hardware. Without the drivers, the hardware won’t work with Vista.
Source: Komando.Com
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No Big Crowds for Midnight Vista Launch

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:40 No Comments

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