Windows 7

Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP

Yeah, netbooks feel so much nicer running Windows 7 than Windows XP, but you’re paying a secret price: Your battery. On average, Windows 7 seem to suck all the life out of it 47 minutes faster than Windows XP. It varies from netbook to netbook—Toshiba’s NB205 hardier withstood Windows 7’s power greediness better than HP’s…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Microsoft Manager Admits Mac Influence Amidst Other Nonsense

Windows 7 has taken some heat for aping a few Mac OS UI features, but it’s certainly not a copycat OS—something Microsoft Partner Group Manager Simon Aldous might not know, given his recent quote. Aldous is not a designer or developer, but works with Microsoft partners—sales, essentially. But his quotes are pretty odd despite their…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Reality Check

Windows 7 rolls past Snow Leopard in just a week, almost everyone still runs XP, and Vista, which didn’t even crack 1/3rd of its predecessor’s install base, is doomed to be forgotten. This is the world outside Gizmodo, people. [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/more-giz-readers-own-macs-than-pcs-5393703

Tech News John Herrman

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 Windows 7 Sales 234% Higher Than Vista NPD declared sales for Windows 7 were 234% higher than the sales for…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Ask the Artist: How Windows 7’s Iconic Home Screen Evolved

Chuck Anderson, creator of Windows 7’s laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me the evolution of his work—including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn’t make the final design. Chuck is the embodiment of the dreams of thousands of DeviantArt users—he started out in screenprinting just after high school, worked…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Install Is Vulnerable To 8 out of 10 Viruses Tested

SophosLabs didn’t believe claims that Windows 7 and its User Account Controls were any more secure than previous versions of the OS, so they tested (albeit somewhat oddly) a clean install. Result? A reminder that you should always use protection. The way the test was conducted is that ten viruses were introduced into a clean…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan

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. https://gizmodo.com/vmware-fusion-3-fuses-snow-leopard-and-windows-7-with-f-5390751 Like Fusion, Parallels supports OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 9 Shader Model 3.0 for the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Connectify: Turn Your Windows 7 Laptop into a Virtual Wi-Fi Hotspot

Virtual Wi-Fi was going to be a cool Windows 7 feature to turn PCs into a Wi-Fi access-point, so devices could share a connection without special software. It missed the cut, but this free app finishes the work Microsoft abandoned. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7s-virtual-wi-fi-turns-one-wireless-adapter-int-5259173 Some of the code that Microsoft Research used to virtualize one Wi-Fi card as…

Tech News Danny Allen

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. The thread is only five pages long, but multiple users are claiming the exact same “0xE8000065” error…

Tech News Chris Jacob

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. https://gizmodo.com/japan-welcomes-windows-7-with-seven-layer-whopper-burge-5387448 CheapyD, who’s no stranger to eating gigantic-ass burgers (I had that burger earlier in the week too), tried his mouth on the Windows 7 burger with his buddy. I physically couldn’t watch…

Reviews Jason Chen

Do You Use a Mac Or a PC As Your Personal Home Computer?

Now that Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are both out in the wild, it is time, once again, to take stock of the state of home computing. That is to say, are you using a Mac or a PC? Before you answer the poll, keep this in mind: work machines don’t count. Presumably, you made…

Tech News Sean Fallon

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, Passengers don’t give a damn about Windows 7—or anything else for that matter, in Japan, NYC, or Buenos…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

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. First Things First We covered everything we could in Gizmodo’s official eight-chapter mega-guide, so hit that up first. It’s a hearty first course, and it’s…

Tech News John Herrman

Windows 7 Loads Faster Than 7000 Dominoes

Toppling 7000 dominoes to commemorate the launch of Windows 7 definitely riled up the employees at Microsoft’s Hyderabad center in India, but they probably didn’t think it through in terms of the jokes it might generate. [Ars Technica]

Tech News Sean Fallon

Stuff We Didn’t Post Today (and Why)

Dudes Who Can See Future Say Windows 7 Will Help PC Sales…There’s Peek With Twitter, Then There’s Peek That ONLY Does Twitter…iPhone Breathing Down BlackBerry’s Neck…Google Welcomes You to the Social, But the Google Social, Which Will Be Cooler, Seriously Analysts who I won’t name in order to preserve their most holy humility said that…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Microsoft Fixes Windows 7 Student Edition Upgrade Problems

While most of you had a painless upgrade to Windows 7, some experienced problems with the downloadable Student Edition from Digital River. Microsoft acknowledged the problem, and has now come through with the ISO file you so desperately need. https://gizmodo.com/over-80-of-you-had-a-smooth-windows-7-install-experien-5390991 If you were affected by this problem, here are your solutions: •ISO file •Detailed Instructions…

Tech News Sean Fallon

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. The key is, um, the product key: When you punch in an upgrade key, setup checks whether or not it’s being installed on a clean system or one that already…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Over 80% Of You Had a Smooth Windows 7 Install Experience

Given Microsoft’s rocky past with installs, I expected a lot of negative responses to yesterday’s question about your Windows 7 experience. However, over 80% of you encountered little or no problems with your install. https://gizmodo.com/has-your-windows-7-install-been-a-great-or-miserable-ex-5390150 In fact, 67% of respondents claimed that their install experience was “excellent”. After skimming over some of your comments I…

Tech News Sean Fallon

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. It now supports OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 9 Shader Model 3.0, giving you some more graphics powah…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Windows 7 Netbook Battery Life Sucks Worse Than Windows XP

Microsoft Manager Admits Mac Influence Amidst Other Nonsense

Reality Check

Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Ask the Artist: How Windows 7’s Iconic Home Screen Evolved

Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Install Is Vulnerable To 8 out of 10 Viruses Tested

Parallels 5 Runs Windows 7 Right Next to Snow Leopard With Full Multitouchiness

Connectify: Turn Your Windows 7 Laptop into a Virtual Wi-Fi Hotspot

Windows 7 and Intel Chipset Causing iPhone Woes?

I Ate the Windows 7 Burger

More Giz Readers Own Macs Than PCs

Do You Use a Mac Or a PC As Your Personal Home Computer?

Bad Promotional Idea of the Week

Windows 7 Guides: The Best Of

Windows 7 Loads Faster Than 7000 Dominoes

Stuff We Didn’t Post Today (and Why)

Microsoft Fixes Windows 7 Student Edition Upgrade Problems

Some of Your Windows 7 Upgrade Questions, Answered

Over 80% Of You Had a Smooth Windows 7 Install Experience

VMWare Fusion 3 Fuses Snow Leopard and Windows 7 With Full 64-Bit Power

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