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lifehacker.com - 1/15/2009
Multi-Booting Windows 7 with Linux [Dual Boot]
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Are you a Linux user who (secretly, maybe?) wants to try Windows 7 alongside your Linux desktop? The Loku's Domain blog details how to fit Win7 into your GRUB boot menu. Your own installation...
brandonlive.com - 1/15/2009
Windows 7 Beta hotkey cheat sheet
— brandonlive.com — Got yourself a shiny new Windows 7 Beta install?  Here’s a little cheat sheet I made up... for some of the handy new hotkey combinations, many of which I’ve become quite dependent on! General Win+Up Maximize Win+Down Restore / ... (more) Windows 7 Beta hotkey cheat sheet

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Windows 7 on the MSI Wind Netbook: First Impressions [jkOnTheRun]
jkontherun.com - 1/15/2009
Windows 7 on the MSI Wind Netbook: First Impressions [jkOnTheRun]
— jkontherun.com — Windows 7 on the MSI Wind Thanks to a kind Microsoftie at the Tablet & Touch Meetup,... I received an official DVD of the Windows 7 beta. This saved me a ton of downloading time that I don’t really have. I was home from CES for 36 hours ... (more) Windows 7 on the MSI Wind Netbook: First Impressions ...

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blogs.msdn.com - 1/19/2009
Engineering the Windows 7 “Windows Experience Index”
— blogs.msdn.com — We’re busy going through tons of telemetry from the many people that have downloaded and installed the... Windows 7 beta around the world. We’re super excited to see the excitement around kicking the tires. Since most folks on the beta are well-versed ... (more) Engineering the Windows 7 “Windows Experience Index”

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Best of Lifehacker's Windows 7 Coverage So Far [Roundups]
Gizmodo — ... Unlike Vista, Windows 7 actually tells you which application is holding onto a locked file, so you can go and close it • How to get the "Show Desktop" icon back • Get some new themes up in this hizzy • Fake a Windows 7 look on your XP desktop at work • Get rid of that send feedback link in every Window!! • Dual boot Win 7 with XP or Vista • Be a freak and dual-boot Win 7 with Linux • You have nine days left to download Windows 7 beta without torrenting ...

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