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Mr.X.: No way. God uses Windows 7. #windowsxp more »
otko: I just saw something incredibly cool! A big, floating ball that lit up with every color of the rainbow, plus some new ones that were so beautiful I fe... more »
Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: God uses a PC and every time we reproduce we're just expanding his botnet... #windowsxp more »
Pessimippopotamus: Thunder and lightning is when God's XP is being slow. Earthquake is when God's XP crashes. Hurricane is when God's XP has a virus and keeps loading po... more »
KyleW: no no .. everyone knows that God would be using a Mac.. #windowsxp more »
Nick: but can God's computer run Revelation? #windowsxp more »
anexanhume: So what you're saying is that God re-skinned the BSOD to be white, obscuring the text. Wow, I should have guessed he was leet. #windowsxp more »
facepuncher: you're right:: wonder what kind of porn god would watch? am i going to hell? #windowsxp more »
SeventhExile: Not saying this is real, But for everyone that keeps saying the image would be inverted: I've seen quite a few devices that invert an image before ... more »
Eulatos: So they rebooted it and it looks the same? #windowsxp more »

#imagecache

Even God Runs Windows XP
Yes, that's a Windows XP error, floating in the sky. No, it's not a Photoshop. And this is what it looked like after a reboot: More »
#hacks

Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet
The hacktastic Dell Mini 9 goes well with all sorts of aftermarket add-ons and OS's, including this latest addition: Updated. More »
#remainders

Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Windows 7 Sales 234% Higher Than Vista...Battery Juice No Longer Just an Expression, Still Not as Tasty as Orange Juice...Verizon Calls AT&T's Ad Lawsuit "Junk"...Air Filter Uses Plants to Get Rid of Yer Weed Smoke More »
#snowleopard

Parallels 5 Runs Windows 7 Right Next to Snow Leopard With Full Multitouchiness
It's a virtual war: VMWare Fusion 3 for Snow Kitty and Win7 popped out last week, and now here's Parallels 5. It's also fully 64-bit, with Windows apps that behave like native ones, including full multitouch gestures, and more zoomzoom. More »
#windows

Windows 7 and Intel Chipset Causing iPhone Woes?
Users on Apple's discussion board have been experiencing issues with their PCs locking out iPhones when using Windows 7 with the Intel P55 USB chipset. It's a pretty specific combo that you're probably not running, so don't panic. More »
#review

I Ate the Windows 7 Burger
Today I ate two things: whale steak and the Windows 7 burger. Only one of these meals made me want to vomit. More »
#japan

Bad Promotional Idea of the Week
Jason is in Japan now, looking for Godzilla. He sent this video tonight. It seems that Microsoft thinks that putting a Windows 7 presentation booth in the middle of Akihabara station is a good idea. Dear Microsoft, More »
#imagecache

If My Brain Ran Windows, This Would Be How My Task Manager Looks
The caption on the image is "me before coffee," but I think the resource allocation could be appropriate for any blood-caffeine level. And right now it definitely describes exactly how I feel. [Abstruse Goose]
#windows7

Windows 7 Guides: The Best Of
There is no one definitive Windows 7 guide—it's a sprawling OS with a decades-long legacy, so nobody can cover it all. But with our powers combined, you're in good hands. More »
#windows7

Some of Your Windows 7 Upgrade Questions, Answered
Got questions about the more-mysterious-than-it-should-be Windows 7 upgrade process? Ed Bott has answers. For instance, the difference between full and upgrade versions of Windows 7. More »
#snowleopard

VMWare Fusion 3 Fuses Snow Leopard and Windows 7 With Full 64-Bit Power
VMWare's Fusion 3—with full support for Snow Leopard and Windows 7—is out today. Besides being natively 64-bit in Snow Leopard, it lets you migrate a PC to your virtual machine, launches Windows apps like native apps, and more. More »
#windows7

The Most Epic Review of Windows 7 You Will Read Half Of
Do you like novel-length reviews of operating systems? Ars has you covered as, as always, with one of the nerdier, guts-oriented reviews around. At 15 pages, it's 30 percent shorter than their Snow Leopard review. I'll spoil it for you anyway: "Windows 7 is, overall, a fantastic OS." Which is pretty much how we, and pretty much everybody else, felt. [Ars]
#windows7

Microsoft Pusses Out on Family Guy Special
Microsoft's involvement in the Windows 7 Family Guy hackathon is canceled. Family Guy's writing team pulled out one too many idea balls about incest, the Holocaust and feminine hygiene, making it "not a fit with the Windows brand." More »
#btw

Every Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcut You'll Ever Need
Whether by force of tradition or out of respect for the keyboard-clinging power users out there, Windows 7 has more—and more useful—keyboard shortcuts than ever before. Like, enough that a definitive guide would be very, very useful. Oh! More »
#laptops

Y550 Laptop Lenovo's First With a Core i7 Inside
The Y550P, a 15-inch laptop, is Lenovo's first portable to offer a Core i7 option. More »
#windows7

How to Upgrade to Windows 7 Retail from the Beta or Release Candidate
Hello, early adopter—your eyes might've glazed over during the Windows 7 launch because you've been on that train for months now. This is for you: how to upgrade that Windows 7 release candidate to a final version, easy. More »
#ballmerinterview

Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview
Most of you may not have 16 minutes to spare on this, and probably don't care anyway, but I promised to post the full video, if only so you can understand the context of our five highlighted segments. More »
#roundup

Week In Review: Apple, Microsoft, Nook and More—It Was Nuts
What didn't happen this week? We saw the Windows 7 release, new Apple hardware, Barnes & Noble's ereader, the beginnings of major net neutrality legislation and more. It was so crazy, we thought we'd round up all the highlights. More »
#humor

Windows 7 Burger Hacked and Unlocked
The Windows 7 burger is region-locked to Japan. Fortunately one amazing hacker found a way to reverse engineer the sandwich for region-free consumption. You're looking at the results: the world's first unlocked cheeseburger. More »
#tv

30 Rock's Emphatically Branded Windows Computer Is Confusing
On this week's 30 Rock, we found out Jack's (or Jack's designer's) choice of computer, and it's a weird one: It's a prop model of a forcefully-branded Windows computer, yet 30 Rock has historically been in love with Apple products. More »
#microsoft

Windows 7: A Weekend Install Guide and More
The weekend is here, and since launch just happened it's time to install Windows 7. Here's our guide. An in case you were on the fence, a recap of the week's launch and some reviews from Giz and our friends. More »
#windows

Helpful Hint: How To Do a Clean Windows 7 Install Using Upgrade Discs
Paul Thurrot cracked the code on performing a clean install on an unused PC with a fresh wiped hard drive. Just take your $30 college special, follow these instructions, and thumb your nose in the general direction of Redmond, WA. [Windows SuperSite]
#windows7launchparty

You Guys Had Some Wild and Crazy Windows 7 Launch Parties
A lot of people made fun of the idea of Windows 7 parties, but you know what? Getting together with friends to share a common interest, plus a healthy dose of booze and cake, is pretty great in my book. More »
#microsoft

Microsoft Profit Down 18 Percent, Which Is Better Than Anybody Expected
Microsoft's earnings don't look rosy: Revenue's down 14 percent from last year, at $12.92 billion, and net income's down 18 percent, to $3.57 billion. But, that's way better than anybody was estimating, which sent their stock up. Until CNBC screwed up the numbers, and immediately tanked the stock, costing people a lot of money. Fun time! [Microsoft, Alley Insider ] More »
#review

HP MediaSmart EX495 Windows Home Server Review (Better Time Machine Support!)
The HP MediaSmart EX490 and EX495 are the new top-of-the-line Windows Home Servers from HP, which are good enough to pretty much be the de-facto Windows Home Servers on the market now. These new units keep up the tradition. More »
#windows7

Microsoft Will Sell You Windows 7 As a Download (But Only For Upgrades)
Months ago, word was that Microsoft planned to dabble in non-optical media for a change, shipping Windows 7 on, or at least for, USB drives. For the netbooks! Well, they've made good on the ~~promise~~ rumor, but only halfway. More »
#what

Behold! The Saddest Example of Promotional Convergence Ever!
We got this from a PR person in our emails today. The text read as follows: More »
#windows7

Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply
Tossing a bone to Windows 7 on its launch day, Apple updated its help section to announce that Boot Camp will support all versions of Windows 7 before year's end. But some older Intel-based machines won't get any Windows 7 love. More »
#windows

7 Reasons to Stick with Windows XP
Windows 7 is out today! Huzzah! But wait; if you're still rocking Windows XP, you might want to think twice before upgrading. Here are some reasons to stick with an old OS. More »
#windows7

I Had a One-Man Windows 7 Launch Party, and It Didn't End Well

I tried to have a Windows 7 Launch Party, I really did. Unfortunately, it's really hard to convince people to come to a party centered around an operating system and the installation of said operating system. It…didn't go well. More »
#howto

How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are great. And cheap. Boot Camp's the free, official way to run them both natively on one machine. It's easy to setup, and just works, except when it doesn't. Here's how to survive Boot Camp. More »
#kindle

Every Win 7 Tablet Is a Multitouch Color Kindle (With This App)
Nook better watch it. One of the "surprises" at the Windows 7 keynote: a multitouch Kindle app for Windows 7 from Amazon. Ebook reading with pinch text zooming, and yes, color photos. Looks great. A full-color shot: More »
#windows7

Microsoft's Favorite Windows 7 Statistic
Sure, 91 percent of release candidate testers surveyed said they'd recommend Windows 7 to friends and family. But, undoubtedly Microsoft's favorite statistic is that 80 percent of Mac users in the survey said they'd recommend Windows 7 to friends and family too. More »
#windows7

Live From the Windows 7 Launch
We're at the official Windows 7 launch. The Ballmer, of course, is going to be doing a WAHOO speech. We're told there'll be some surprises, too. Updated live. More »
#windows

Japan Welcomes Windows 7 with Seven Layer Whopper Burger
Even compared to its wacky Windows 7 parties, Microsoft's promo with Burger King Japan is pretty out there. The Windows 7 Whopper costs ¥777 ($8.50), and is 5-inches tall. I'll try to avoid any bloated jokes. D'oh, too late. [Electronista]
#windows

How Does Microsoft Count to (Windows) 7?
On the eve of the Windows 7 launch, we've been doing some reminiscing, but it hit us: There have been way more than six uniquely named prior versions of Windows. So how does Microsoft count? More »
#photoshopcontest

38 Surefire Ways (Not) to Make Windows 7 Cooler
Last week we put out a call for help. Windows 7 is great, but it just needs some sex appeal, you know? As usual, our lovely readers came through. Common themes in these Photoshops include: Apple, genitalia, sports, and ugh. More »
#windows7

Send Us Your Windows 7 Launch Party Pictures
Are you having a Windows 7 party? Did you get the kit and everything? Do you have big plans to have some cocktails while discussing Microsoft's new OS? Great! We wanna see it. More »
#gizexplains

Giz Explains: Why Stuff Crashes (And Why It Happens Less Often Now)
You're working on the most important document you've ever typed and suddenly—boom: Blue screen. "A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED." What the hell just happened? More »
#microsoft

Microsoft Now Hiring Windows Gurus, Having Followers a Plus
Apple may have a bunch of booknerds with plastic-rimmed glasses manning the Genius Bar, but Microsoft is ready to counter with their own Windows Gurus. According to Wikipedia, "Some Gurus ask for unquestioning obedience." Weird choice, Microsoft. More »

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