Microsoft Teams Up With CompUSA to Deliver Windows Vista Business ..
Through Microsofts Volume Licensing offers, customers can take advantage of cost savings and early access to major new product releases at CompUSA stores.
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13.11.2006 Dell, CompUSA Gear Up For Vista Launch
With more than 100,000 hours invested in testing and validating Microsoft's Windows Vista, Dell specialists believe they are ready for the business launch of the new operating system on Thursday.
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30.11.2006 CompUSA Guarantees Vista, Will Reinstall Old OS If Necessary
CompUSA will guarantee that customers are satisfied with their Windows Vista update or the retailer will refund the purchase price and reinstall the PC's original operating system, the company announced Monday.
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23.1.2007 CompUSA to Sell Vista, Office 2007 Ahead of General Release
Retail chain CompUSA will sell Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 Nov. 30 alongside resellers and OEM partners and ahead of the general public release, planned for late January, the software maker announced Nov. 13.
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14.11.2006 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. Its about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the
SP1 label
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6.5.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008CompUSA to Close Shop
CompUSA, the computer and gadget retailer controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, announced yesterday that it had been sold to the Gordon
Brothers Group, a restructuring and investment firm, for liquidation. The firm will close down CompUSA's remaining 103 stores after the holidays
and sell some company assets, though the exact terms of the deal were not not disclosed. Active discussions are still underway to sell its technical
services business, CompUSA TechPro, its online sales operation, CompUSA.com, and select stores in key markets.
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09.12.2007CompUSA to Close Stores After Holidays
Consumer electronics retailer CompUSA said Friday it will close its store operations after the holidays following sale of the company to Gordon
Brothers Group LLC, a restructuring firm. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
CompUSA operates 103 stores, which plan to run
store-closing sales during the holidays.
Privately held CompUSA, controlled by Mexican financier Carlos Slim Helu's Grupo Carso
SA, said discussions were under way to sell certain stores in key markets. Stores that can't be sold will be closed.
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Brothers will also try to sell the company's technical services business, CompUSA TechPro, and online business, CompUSA.com. It would be up to the
buyers whether to continue the CompUSA name.
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08.12.2007Back from the dead: CompUSA assets snapped up by TigerDirect
CompUSA will live on, thanks to a deal with electronics marketer Systemax. Systemax, which owns popular computer parts reseller (and CompUSA
competitor) TigerDirect, announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the CompUSA brand, trademarks, and e-commerce business.
It also plans to acquire select assets and retail stores from the company, and says that it expects to close various parts of the deal throughout the
first quarter of the year. "We believe the value of the CompUSA brand remains very high. The company has a long legacy of value pricing, service and
customer loyalty among consumers nationwide," said Systemax CEO Richard Leeds in a statement. "We view this acquisition as a strong complementary
business to our TigerDirect operation."
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08.01.2008CompUSA store chain to soon become history
CompUSA, an early success story among computer retailers, will now cease to exist as a store chain by the end of this year. Meanwhile, rivals Best Buy
and Circuit City only keep coming on stronger...
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11.12.2007CompUSA to Sell Vista November 30
Small businesses looking to
get an early start on
upgrading to Windows Vista
won't need to wait until the
new operating system's late
January 2007 launch after all.
Microsoft has partnered with
CompUSA to sell a special kit
containing Vista Business and
Office 2007 Small Business...
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14.11.2006CompUSA to Close Half its Stores
In a move aimed at helping the
company "focus on
initiatives that enhance its
top performing locations,"
CompUSA announced Wednesday it
would close 126 of its 229
stores as part of a
restructuring plan...
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28.02.2007CircuitCity.com is back, copy of CompUSA & Tiger Direct site
CircuitCity lives again, or at least the name does. As of May 23 the site has gone live again offering the types of products that you would expect
from the defunct mega-retailer. While the main page feels familiar the rest of the site has changed to a well-known feeling that most will be able to
easily navigate. Systemax was the company who bought up the Circuit City assets including the domain name and other online related property. Not so
coincidentally the same company who also bought up CompUSA's domain assets also own and run Tigerdirect.com. Knowing this fact it becomes quite
apparent that CircuitCity.com is a direct copy of CompUSA and TigerDirect.
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24.05.2009CompUSA makes light of Circuit city closure
Systemax Inc, the company which owns TigerDirect, purchased nearly defunct computer retailer CompUSA's remaining assets at the beginning of the
month. The acquisition swept up the remaining CompUSA stores (around 16 of the formerly 104) and the ever-important brand name into Systemax's
portfolio.
However ironically, CompUSA this morning issued a press release offering shopping tips "in light of recent
big box electronics store closings," which cautioned
consumers not to succumb to the pressure of buying from "disorganized sales" because of their closeout prices.
In addition to
advising consumers to check products and boxes thoroughly, the retailer naturally suggests comparing prices at other stores both physical and virtual.
Coincidentally, that happens to be the new strategy of CompUSA, calling it
Retail 2.0, where customers are invited to comparison shop
directly in store...
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27.01.2009CompUSA to Sell Vista, Office 2007 Ahead of General Release
Retail chain CompUSA will sell
Microsoft Windows Vista and
Office 2007 Nov. 30 alongside
resellers and OEM partners and
ahead of the general public
release, planned for late
January, the software maker
announced Nov. 13.
Windows Vista Business and
Microsoft Office Small
Business 2007 will be
available at select CompuUSA
stores as part of Microsoft
Open Value or Microsoft Open
Business licensing
options-five copies or more at
a 10 percent discount or
more-part of an effort to make
volume buying more obtainable
for SMB (small and midsize
business) and Home Office
customers, more than 50
percent of whom turn to retail
outlets for software, said
Cynthia Bates, Microsoft's
general manager of the
small-business division for
the U.S. Small and Mid-market
Solutions & Partners Group.
Customers will walk
out of CompUSA stores with a
Microsoft Small Business Value
Program Kit explaining the
value of Microsoft's SMB
portfolio and Small Business
Specialist set of VARs
offering integration and
services as well as a proof of
purchase. A CompUSA sales
associate will then work with
the customer to explain how
the software can be downloaded
with activation of the
license.
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14.11.2006CompUSA Guarantees Vista, Will Reinstall Old OS If Necessary
Do you want to have Vista
installed but couldn't care
less about the physical media?
As
reported
earlier, you can download
it from Microsoft or, you can
pay a fraction of the retail
price for CompUSA to install
it for you (plus the price for
Vista), along with a
particularly thoughtful
"satisfaction-guarantee".
CompUSA guarantees
that customers who buy Vista
or Office 2007 along with
in-store installation will be
satisfied with their Windows
Vista update. If not, the
retailer will refund the
purchase price and reinstall
the PC's original operating
system. Customers who bring
their PCs to a CompUSA store
before 3:00 p.m. Jan. 29 will
be able to buy just the
installation of Vista or
Office installation for
$19.99 and retrieve the
computer as early as 12:01
a.m. January 30. From Tuesday
on, installation fees will
revert to $49.99
(in-store) and $149.99
(in-home). CompUSA is also
offering a trade-up deal where
an old functional laptop can
be converted to credit towards
the purchase of a new
Vista-equipped computer. The
credit amount will be based on
the notebook's condition,
hardware specifications and
age.
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23.01.2007MS: Windows More Reliable Than
Linux
Microsoft said Thursday that
companies such as Altera,
Rayovac, and CompUSA cited
Windows greater reliability in
choosing the OS over UNIX and
Linux. A recent IDC study has
shown that 45 percent of UNIX
migrators are choosing the
Windows Server platform...
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23.03.2006Vista prices fall even further
Ina Fried: I expected to see some lower Vista prices in this weekend's ads, but was surprised to see just how low the prices had fallen.
Officially the
price cuts announced by Microsoft on Thursday don't take effect until later this year
when Service Pack 1 hits retail shelves. However, the company had said that many retailers were offering promotions that bring the software to its
lower price.
But the ad at OfficeMax took things a step further. In this week's circular, the office products chain is selling
Windows Vista Home Premium for $99. That's $30 less than Microsoft's just-lowered price and the same as the
suggested price for Windows Vista Home
Basic--though perhaps just a hair more than the
clearance prices a couple weeks back at closing CompUSA stores.
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03.03.2008Seagate to make flash-based hard drives
Seagate Technology, the number one maker of magnetic hard drives, is going to make hard drives based around flash memory too, says CEO Bill
Watkins.
"We are going to have a solid state drive, probably for enterprise first," he said during an interview on Wednesday.
"We think we can make these drives better."
Seagate's decision is a significant turning point in the religious war in the
storage market. The flash versus magnetic debate has been issue No. 1 in the storage world for the past two years. Magnetic hard drives have been a
crucial component for servers, PCs and notebooks for years. Magnetic hard drives cost far less in terms of cost per gigabyte and typically hold more
data than flash devices. At CompUSA, a 500GB desktop drive on sale sells for $109, or as much as two 4GB flash drives. The price disparity exists at
wholesale too. ..
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23.08.2007Windows Home Server Now Generally Available
Windows Home Server, a new solution to help families easily protect,
connect and share their digital media and documents, is generally available today. The
HP MediaSmart Server, powered by Windows Home Server software, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com, Best Buy.com,
Buy.com, Circuit City.com and CompUSA.com. It will be shipped to customers and available via other leading retailer Web sites later in November.
Additional Microsoft hardware and software partners are also delivering new consumer products and solutions designed to work with Windows Home
Server.
Digital devices and content are everywhere in our day-to-day lives and they are more important all the time, said Bill
Gates, chairman of Microsoft. With the launch of Windows Home Server, Microsoft and its partners are creating a new consumer product category that
will help people keep their digital media safe and make it easier for them to enjoy it with friends and family.
Windows Home
Server is a stay-at-home server that delivers the benefits of powerful server technology used by many people at work within a simple, easy-to-use
solution for the home. It automatically backs up Windows XP-based and Windows Vista-based home computers each night, provides a central place to
organize digital documents and media, and includes a free Windows Live Internet address to access the home server from virtually anywhere and share
content with friends and family. It also monitors the health and security status of home computers and can stream media to other devices in the home,
such as Xbox 360, allowing people to enjoy digital music, photos and videos on their television.
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05.11.2007Microsoft Makes a Price Cut
"We're in this for the long
haul," Microsoft Business
unit President Jeff Raikes
said on Monday when Microsoft
announced that they would be
introducing a $100 USD
discount and 1 year of support
with the purchase of any of
their Small Business
Accounting 2006 software.
Microsoft Small
Business Accounting software
is similar to Intuit's well
know QuickBooks program. In
simple terms, it is a "Money
Management Program", it
allows small businesses to
keep track of sales,
purchases, and overall
balances.
Microsoft decided to create
the discount when they noticed
how low their retail sales
were. According to NPD, an
organization that tracks
retail sales, Intuit had 93.7%
of November's sales,
Microsoft on the other hand
only had 1.3%, the other 3.7%
went to Peachtree.
The discount will be
available starting on April
30th to such major retailers
as Best Buy, CompUSA, Office
Depot and Staples. Dell is
also planning on making the
software available with their
PC's.
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17.01.2006PDF Faithful: Whither Vista?
Wonky OS puts the PDF community in a pickle, as few customers upgrade and others cling for dear life to ye olde XP/NT/2003.
One
doesn't rely on CompUSA clerks to dispense wisdom regarding many dilemmas in life, but at the store in my town, Darren (his job security depends on
me using a fake name) summarized my Vista experience perfectly.
"It's great, as long as you're willing to start over with all
new hardware that's known to run on it," he said, while I slumped deeper into one of their comfy armchairs used to induce customers to buy HDTVs.
"I think a lot of people are just keeping XPor buying new laptops without Vistaand hoping what comes after Vista will be better."
At that moment, I realized he was right. It took his evaluation of the situation to finally write off a months-long quest to get my Vista-wired
laptop to talk to my cell phone, camera, voice recorder, and, for that matter, a couple of Napster To Go MP3 players.
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25.10.2007Dell brings back XP on home systems
Amid significant customer
demand, the computer maker
said on Thursday that it has
returned to offering the older
Windows version as an option
on some of its consumer
PCs.
Like most
computer makers, Dell switched
nearly entirely to Vista-based
systems following Microsoft's
mainstream launch of the
operating system in January.
However, the company said its
customers have been asking for
XP as part of its IdeaStorm
project, which asks customers
to help the company come up
with product ideas.
"We heard you loud and
clear on bringing the Windows
XP option back to our Dell
consumer PC offerings," Dell
said on its Ideas in Action
page. Users get to vote on
various suggestions, and the
notion of bringing back XP got
10,000 "points," making it
among the most popular
requests but well below top
picks such as adding Linux or
OpenOffice.org to its PCs.
Windows XP systems
became scarce, but not
impossible to find, after
Vista arrived. For example,
Hewlett-Packard said it would
continue selling XP on some
machines aimed at small and
midsize businesses, while
CompUSA still stocks a couple
of business-oriented XP
systems in its retail stores.
Lenovo has also continued
shipping XP on many of its
business systems.
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20.04.2007Bill Gates not the worlds richest person anymore
According to Sentido Comun,
Carlos Slim Helu has surpassed
Bill gates as the worlds
wealthiest person. The Mexican
magazine estimates Slim to be
worth about $67.8 billion,
while Gates is estimated at
"just" $59.2 billion.
Slim, who controls
Teléfonos de Mexico (Telmex),
has been climbing up the
ladder over the past months
and was recently ranked at #2
on Forbes list of the worlds
richest people. Sentido Comun
believes that the sharp price
increase of Telmex stock -
+27% between March and June of
this year was the single
most important reason that
allowed 67-year old Slim to
reach the top spot.
Besides Telmex, Slim's
holdings include five
insurance companies, a retail
chain, mining companies, an
auto parts manufacturing
company, a bank and a tobacco
company. He also has an
investment history in the U.S.
where he owns CompUSA and Saks
Fifth Avenue.
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03.07.2007Dell, CompUSA Gear Up For Vista Launch
With more than 100,000 hours
invested in testing and
validating Microsoft's
Windows Vista, Dell
specialists believe they are
ready for the business launch
of the new operating system on
Thursday. "We're ready to
work with individual consumers
or large enterprises," said
Russ Ray, a senior manager in
Dell's client operating
system product marketing unit
as he described the hardware
manufacturer's game plan for
the launch of Vista. "The
smaller they are, the easier
it is. We're finding that
everybody is interested in
getting his hands on it."
Dell, which says it
accounts for more than 10
percent of Microsoft's
business, said customers with
volume licensing agreements
with Microsoft can use Dell to
factory-install Vista after
they have provided their
Windows Vista image. In
extensive pre-launch testing
of Vista, Office 2007 and
Exchange Server 2007 with its
customers, Dell has found that
the ideal PC hardware
configuration should grow to
take advantage of the advanced
functions included in the
Microsoft products.
A typical Vista-based
configuration should have 2-GB
of RAM, a 256-MB memory card,
a 7200 RPM hard disk and a
dual core processor from AMD
or Intel, according to Dell.
In particular, the processor
requirements represent a new
departure for Dell; for years
the firm was in a monogamous
relationship with Intel, which
was the sole supplier of its
processors. In recent months,
however, Dell has added AMD as
a processor supplier.
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30.11.2006Win 10 Private Jet Hours with Office Live
Microsoft Office Live can help
add wings to your business by
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win 10 hours of private jet
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for a chance to win laptop
computers from Dell and Sony
and $100 gift certificates
from Best Buy and CompUSA.
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receive the Office Live email
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tips for small businesses on
how to promote and run their
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