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Windows 7: Mojave My Ass | Tech Broiler
blogs.zdnet.com - 1/2/2009
Windows 7: Mojave My Ass | Tech Broiler
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January 1st, 2009 Windows 7: Mojave My Ass Posted by Jason Perlow @ 9:02 am Categories: Microsoft , Enterprise Computing , Desktop , Personal Technology Tags: test , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft Windows Vista , Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn) , ...
techarp.com - 1/6/2009
The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program
— techarp.com — Microsoft issued a draft of the Windows 7 Technical Guarantee Program to their OEM partners on December... 10, giving them exactly one month to provide their feedback before Microsoft finalizes the program details. We managed to obtain a copy of the ... (more) The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program

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blogs.zdnet.com - 12/28/2008
Windows 7 beta 1 review
— blogs.zdnet.com — I've now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 (the build that is widely... expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January) and have had some time to compose my thoughts and feelings about this latest ... (more) Windows 7 beta 1 review

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Tough Love For Microsoft Search
searchengineland.com - 12/31/2008
Tough Love For Microsoft Search
— searchengineland.com — Back in June, I spoke at Microsoft as part of a regular series for those involved with... its webmaster tools group and anyone generally interested in search. My talk was called “Tough Love For Microsoft Search,” and I covered various reasons why I felt ... (more) Tough Love For Microsoft Search

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TechBlog:  Sorry, but Windows 7 isn't a return to Windows XP

CrunchGear:  According to this chump, you’ll hate Win7 if you dig WinXP

The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP:  Windows 7 - Let The Games Begin !

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Sorry, but Windows 7 isn't a return to Windows XP
TechBlog — ... when driver and application compatibility wasn't there, or they're scared off by its reputation, or they just don't like the interface changes. Some, of course, simply don't like change, period. Many of them are holding out for Windows 7, hoping it brings back the "good old days" of Microsoft OSes. One of those is ZDNet's Jason Perlow, who admits he thinks the glory days of Windows were circa 1998. He has tried a beta of Windows 7 and, as you'd expect from someone of this mindset, doesn't much care for it . He says, in fact, those XP users holding out for Windows 7 are ...

According to this chump, you’ll hate Win7 if you dig WinXP
CrunchGear — ... You see, Windows 7 builds upon the Vista user interface which Mr. Perlow seems never to have used. Yes, the Start Menu is the double column type and at least in the Beta version of Win7, cannot be changed to the 1995-era style. Also, a fresh install of Win7 produces a clean and icon free desktop. That’s a bad thing, Perlow? Why? It’s quicker and faster to click on the Start Menu and use the icons there rather than minimizing all the screens to reach My Documents. ...

Windows 7 - Let The Games Begin !
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — ... is fast because it has a dual-core and 3G’s of RAM. I haven’t tweaked a thing and it ran fast and continues to do so, right out of the box. What can I say. I guess I am blessed. After using Vista for 3 months I feel comfortable and no longer yearn for Windows XP. I tossed out the idea of stripping the hard disk of Vista and going back to XP. Bottom line. Windows 7 is going to be Vista with window dressing. Comments welcome. Source.

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