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blog.laptopmag.com - 10/31/2008

Eee PC 1000H Runs Windows 7 Well

— blog.laptopmag.com — Here is a confession: I am getting pretty tired of netbooks running Windows XP. So when we got our Windows 7 Beta disc at PDC earlier this week, I couldn’t wait to get it running on a netbook. This morning we loaded Windows 7 Ultimate (Pre-Beta) on ... (more) Eee PC 1000H Runs Windows 7 Well

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channel9.msdn.com - 10/30/2008

Mark Russinovich: Inside Windows 7

— channel9.msdn.com — How has Windows evolved, as a general purpose operating system and at the lowest levels, in Windows 7? Who better to talk to than Technical Fellow and Windows Kernel guru Mark Russinovich ? Here, Mark enlightens us on the new kernel constructs in ... (more) Mark Russinovich: Inside Windows 7

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scobleizer.com - 11/2/2008

Never underestimate Microsoft’s ability to turn a corner

— scobleizer.com — This week Microsoft didn’t get much hype for its three major announcements. Certainly it didn’t stay on top of TechMeme as long as, say, if Steve Jobs gets a sniffle. But don’t miss what they did. 1. On day 1 of the PDC they ... (more) Never underestimate Microsoft’s ability to turn a corner

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PDC2008: The Windows 7 Introduction
Forward Thinking by Michael J. Miller — ... wrong. He wouldn't commit to a date for the Release Candidate or release to manufacturing, saying it would depend on reaction to the beta. So, is this all a big deal? It's not a change to the fundamental core of Windows, and most of the improvements sound relatively small. But taken together, they seem to address many of the issues people have had for Windows. I'm looking forward to trying it out, starting this afternoon. (In the meantime, my colleague Michael Muchmore has already taken a look .)

Netbooks Run Windows 7
dailywireless.org — ... At the Inside Windows 7 press demo last Sunday, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky said that all software and hardware that works with Windows Vista will work with Windows 7, as driver support remains the same. ...

Living With Windows 7 Pre-Beta
Forward Thinking by Michael J. Miller — ... Windows 7 from the previous versions. It's not the big break from the past that some were hoping for - but such a change was bound to affect compatibility much more dramatically. Instead, it looks like a version designed to make it work on more hardware, including new netbooks, and to make it easier for both end-users and IT shops to move to it, at least on new machines. In other words, like Vista, but working better. And they may just be what most people want. Here's PC Magazine's preview of the pre-beta version .

What better way to mark a Windows anniversary than a big bash
GMSV — ... (Note, though, that Windows 1.0 didn’t actually get to market for two years after the unveiling, establishing another ongoing tradition, delivery slippage.) In conjunction with its Professional Developers Conference late last month, Microsoft let a few dozen reviewers and analysts play around with an early version of Windows 7, preinstalled on spiffy Dell laptops that the recipients were free to keep on “indefinite loan,” and the result was some pretty complimentary coverage indicating this version “seems to have ditched or fixed many of the more annoying ...

Want a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD? Sign Up For MSDN Conference
AppScout — ... 2, the "Oslo" modeling platform, and Visual Studio 2010. No word on when non-MDC attendees will get their hands on Windows 7 Beta 1. Microsoft provided a first glimpse of Windows 7 for developers earlier this year the Microsoft Developers Conference and WinHEC. The release is not markedly different from Windows Vista, but does enhance the ways in which users can interact with the OS, including new networking discovery features and multimedia playback. Get the full review of the Window 7 Pre-Beta at pcmag.com.