Windows 7

Nearly Final Windows 7 Build 7229 Now Available at Your Local Pirate Bay

A new post-release candidate 1 build of Windows 7—specifically, build 7229—has creeped onto BitTorrent. This is supposedly one of the last builds before Windows 7 is released to manufacturing. As always, grab at your own risk. [Thanks Bouke!]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Archos 9 Windows 7 Touch Tablet Poked, Prodded, Discussed on Video

The Archos 9 Windows 7 touch tablet has made it through its first round of show floor pageantry, briefly falling into the the expectant hands of the guy(s) from ArchosFans. The mildly romantic encounter was captured on video, for posterity. https://gizmodo.com/archos-latest-touch-tablet-the-archos9-runs-windows-7-5287341 The most important piece of the Archos 9’s hardware—its 9-inch resistive touchscreen—works quite well…

Tech News John Herrman

European Windows 7 Will Ship Without IE

Not that half of you will care, but Microsoft’s going to ship Windows 7 in Europe without IE8 bundled. That doesn’t mean Europeans won’t be able to get IE8—OEMs can shove them into their installs if they want, and end users can download IE8 themselves as well. [Ars Technica]

Tech News Jason Chen

OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7: The Final Countdown

It’s easier than ever to pit Windows 7 and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard head-to-head: They’re launching soon, both within a month of each other—and both are basically glorified service packs of the current OS. In way, they’re opposites: Windows 7 uses the same core foundation as Vista while fixing issues and prettying up the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Archos’ Latest Touch Tablet, the Archos9, Runs Windows 7

Although we have yet to hear anything about an Android MID from their event today, Archos has announced the Archos9—a UMPC that runs Windows 7. https://gizmodo.com/archos-event-invitation-unsubtly-hints-at-rumored-andro-5259045 Unlike its predecessors, which are basic touchscreen internet media tablets, the Archos9 is a touch tablet that can run a full computer OS. It also features a built-in webcam,…

Tech News Andi Wang

Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1

If you’re still using the Windows 7 beta Instead of the Windows 7 RC1, you should get on upgrading. As of July 1st, it’ll start shutting down every two hours. As of August 1st, it’s game over completely. [Windows Blog] https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-release-candidate-1-available-right-now-5240211

Tech News Adam Frucci

Microsoft Morro Free Antivirus Service: Don’t Laugh Too Hard

Microsoft’s Morro antivirus service—no, not Live OneCare, their other soon-to-be-terminated antivirus deal—is hitting beta “soon,” before it launches at the end of the year for free. You and I are laughing. Symantec and McAfee, not so much. Live OneCare mostly bombed out because you had to pay for it—Morro is free, and if it’s good…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Convertible Asus Eee PC T91 Netbook Gets Multitouch, Windows 7 (Eventually)

The Asus Eee PC T91, which we fondled fondly at CES, has a few new tricks up its sleeve in the multitouch and Windows 7 department, but sadly these features won’t make it in time for launch this month. Previously, we knew about the netbook’s touchscreen and hefty £449 ($670) price tag (for an Atom-based…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Best Buy: Windows 7 Isn’t Just “Vista That Works” (Also: Free Upgrades)

Oops! A leaked Best Buy memo manages to both trash-talk Vista as well as give out the details of Best Buy’s Windows 7 upgrade plans. In short, if you buy a PC at Best Buy starting on June 26th, you’re guaranteed a free copy of Windows 7 when it comes out on October 22nd. Not…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Windows 7 To Be Released October 22

Microsoft announced that Windows 7 would be “generally available” on October 22, according to a Dow Jones news report. UPDATED with confirmation by Microsoft. Bill Veghte, SVP of the Windows business, is quoted as saying: “We feel confident that we will deliver Windows 7 with our partners on Oct. 22.” Does this mean it appears…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Windows 7 Kills Snow Leopard and Eats It

OK people, it’s over. Clearly, Windows 7 will kill and eat Snow Leopard. Apparently, people don’t give a damn about the kitten, but are drooling over Steve B’s beast. At least, that’s what Google Trends says: Of course, while Snow Leopard’s new core features were revealed during last WWDC, Windows 7 was just unveiled. That…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 Starter Won’t Have 3-App Limit, But It Still Sucks

Microsoft confirms that the 3-apps-at-a-time limit has been indeed been removed from Windows 7 Starter. But it’s missing Aero, you still can’t change the desktop background or sounds or window colors or use Windows Media Center, so you still don’t want it. [Windows Team Blog] https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-starter-edition-for-netbooks-might-ditch-3-ap-5266370

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista, SSD Edition

A lot of the hype around Windows 7 is predicated on how well it’ll run on modest hardware, especially SSD-equipped netbooks. It certainly feels faster than Vista, but HotHardware’s battery of disk benchmarks confirms: it really, really is. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-runs-so-much-better-than-vista-on-a-netbook-5133092 Their conclusion: Platter based hard drives and high-end solid state drives, all run faster on Windows…

Tech News John Herrman

Windows 7 Touch Pack Multitouch Apps Let You Fondle the Globe or Play Death Pong

Microsoft’s expanding Windows 7’s multitouch powers with the Touch Pack for Windows 7, a pretty sweet collection of multitouch apps. Three are Surface apps, like the Virtual Earth 3D Surface Globe (guess what it does?) and Surface Collage. The other three are awesome-looking games. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-surface-confirmed-touch-sensitive-10k-min-264338 The Touch Pack only works with multitouch Windows 7 PCs,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Windows 7 Starter Edition for Netbooks Might Ditch 3 App Limit

Paul Thurrott’s reporting that Microsoft’s going to drop the three-app-at-a-time limitation from Windows 7 Starter—the cheaper Windows 7 geared toward netbooks. He doesn’t know if they’re going let you change your wallpaper with Starter though. No, really. [WinSuperSite] https://gizmodo.com/all-the-flavors-of-windows-7-explained-5145366

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Microsoft’s “Maximum” Windows 7 Netbook Specs Kinda Suck

Hoping that netbooks will get dramatically better as technology marches on? Not if Microsoft has anything to say about it. TechARP has apparently dug up their “maximum specs” for netbooks, and they ain’t pretty. They look a lot like the current specs you see in netbooks, actually, except that the screen size is limited to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Rumor: Windows 7 Will Be Priced In June, More Expensive Than Vista

Being temporarily free and, most importantly, good has done wonders for Windows 7. The one thing that could temper everyone’s excitement? Bad pricing. TechARP says it’ll be announced in June, and CNET says it’ll be steep. A mid-June pricing announcement wouldn’t be out of order in light of Microsoft’s recent confirmation that Windows 7 would…

Tech News John Herrman

Microsoft Wins Patent for Crippling Your Computer Until You Pay Up

Oh ho ho. Microsoft just got a patent for crippling your computer until you pay them dammit. Specifically it’s for “making selected portions and functionality of the operating system unavailable to the user or by limiting the user’s ability to add software applications or device drivers to the computer” until an “agreed upon sum of…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Those Pirated Versions of Windows 7 RC Are Building a Botnet

The botnet just added 25,000 users in the last few weeks. Nice job, geniuses. Couldn’t you have downloaded it from Microsoft directly? [MSDN]

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows 7’s Virtual Wi-Fi Turns One Wireless Adapter Into Many for Easy Sharing, Hotspot Double-Tapping

Windows 7’s native Virtual Wi-Fi sounds complicated—it virtualizes your wireless adapater into as many wireless adapters as you want—but making your machine think it has more than one wireless adapter is pretty useful: With multiple independent wireless connections—the virtualization software turns your single hardware wireless connection into several—you can tap more than one hotspot simultaneously.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Nearly Final Windows 7 Build 7229 Now Available at Your Local Pirate Bay

Archos 9 Windows 7 Touch Tablet Poked, Prodded, Discussed on Video

European Windows 7 Will Ship Without IE

OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7: The Final Countdown

Archos’ Latest Touch Tablet, the Archos9, Runs Windows 7

Reminder: Windows 7 Beta Will Start Shutting Down on You on 7/1

Microsoft Morro Free Antivirus Service: Don’t Laugh Too Hard

Convertible Asus Eee PC T91 Netbook Gets Multitouch, Windows 7 (Eventually)

Best Buy: Windows 7 Isn’t Just “Vista That Works” (Also: Free Upgrades)

Windows 7 To Be Released October 22

Windows 7 Kills Snow Leopard and Eats It

Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 Starter Won’t Have 3-App Limit, But It Still Sucks

Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista, SSD Edition

Windows 7 Touch Pack Multitouch Apps Let You Fondle the Globe or Play Death Pong

Windows 7 Starter Edition for Netbooks Might Ditch 3 App Limit

Microsoft’s “Maximum” Windows 7 Netbook Specs Kinda Suck

Rumor: Windows 7 Will Be Priced In June, More Expensive Than Vista

Microsoft Wins Patent for Crippling Your Computer Until You Pay Up

Those Pirated Versions of Windows 7 RC Are Building a Botnet

Windows 7’s Virtual Wi-Fi Turns One Wireless Adapter Into Many for Easy Sharing, Hotspot Double-Tapping

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