Windows Is Not on 96% of Netbooks
I was going to let this one go, but too many blogs or news sites are picking up Friday's Microsoft post about Windows share on netbooks.
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8.4.2009 Thumbing Windows 7 onto Netbooks
Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive to allow Netbook owners to more easily upgrade their machines, a source tells CNET News.
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28.6.2009 Video of Windows 7 Installed on Netbooks
Following Microsoft's release of its Windows 7 Beta operating system, a number of PC users were keen on finding out just how fast the new OS developed by the Redmond, Washington-based software giant was.
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15.1.2009 Microsoft touts Windows 7 for Netbooks
During a recent question and answer session with Brad Brooks, corporate vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing, he gave his take on Windows 7 on netbooks, or mini-notebook PC's.
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3.2.2009 Windows 7 and netbooks: Separating fact from speculation
Is Microsoft going to take a revenue hit when it releases Windows 7 because of the changing mix of PCs in the market? That’s the expectation of many company watchers, though I have to admit I’m not quite so sure. Here’s why.
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12.11.2008 Microsoft confirms no Windows 7 restrictions on netbooks
Microsoft announced that they have removed the netbook restrictions that previously prevented OEM and ODM from installing any version of Windows 7 on their netbook.
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28.9.2009 Microsoft may offer Windows 7 on thumb drive for netbooks
Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on netbooks even since it first introduced the operating system, however, helping consumers getting it on there may prove a bit tricky.
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27.6.2009 Ballmer confirms Windows 7 Starter restrictions for netbooks
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently confirmed that the company will limit Windows 7 Starter, the edition expected to end up on netbooks, to systems that sport small screens and low-powered processors.
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11.8.2009 The Problem With Netbooks
The market for netbooks is an artificial construct, a subset of notebooks that isn't a sustainably distinct category.
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5.3.2009 Origami: Flattened by Netbooks?
Are netbooks the fulfillment of Microsoft's Origami vision or the end of it?
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29.9.2008 AT&T announces $50 netbooks with bundled broadband
AT&T has announced that Atlanta and Philadelphia area residents can get their hands on netbooks for just $49.99 with the purchase of AT&T “Internet at Home and On the Go” broadband services.
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1.4.2009 Microsoft Offers Downloadable Upgrade Tool for Netbooks
Microsoft is finally catching up to do-it-yourself ‘ers by offering a downloadable version of Windows 7 for netbooks that can be put onto and installed from a USB drive.
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26.10.2009 Microsoft eases hard drive capacity restriction for netbooks
Microsoft has officially eased the restriction of the standard specification for netbooks using the Windows XP operation system by increasing the allowable hard drive capacity from 80GB to 160GB, according to sources in the channel.
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3.9.2008 Download Windows 7 MUI Language Packs - Official 32-bit and 64-bit Direct Download Links
Microsoft has released MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs for Windows 7 RTM. The Windows 7 language packs is available via Windows Update as optional update for Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions only.
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28.8.2009 First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center
Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
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28.4.2006 3 x DOWNLOAD Windows XP
DOWNLOAD Windows XP 9 IN ONE with service pack 2,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 64 Bit,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 32 Bit
This is Windows XP Unofficial Download page.
Windows XP is designed for businesses of all sizes and for home users who demand the most from their computing experience, Windows XP Professional delivers the new standard in reliability and performance.
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Windows PowerShell 1.0 download
Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT Professionals achieve greater productivity.
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15.11.2006 Windows 7 themes download
Here is several Windows 7 Slide show themes for download. Download links are dirext from microsoft.com Enjoy!
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14.7.2009 DOWNLOAD Windows Vista Beta 1
links updated
This is Unofficial Download page of Windows Vista Beta 1. Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft
This is Beta 1. Build 5112 for those inclined to such information.
Please post this on other forums and sumbit this to other news sites to help us. It will increase the traffic to the page dramatically!
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Windows Internet Explorer 7 DOWNLOAD
Few days ago at RSA, Bill Gates talked about Internet Explorer 7. As the guy responsible for IE, I wanted to say a couple of things about it.
First, some basics: we’re committing to deliver a new version of Internet Explorer for Windows XP customers. Betas of IE7 will be available this summer. This new release will build on the work we did in Windows XP SP2 and (among other things) go further to defend users from phishing as well as deceptive or malicious software.
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Download new Windows Live Toolbar
Now you can download new Windows Live Toolbar Beta.
What it is
A super-useful tool that helps you find stuff on the Internet faster and more securely.
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19.3.2006 Windows Vista X Download Site
Complex download pack for Windows vista, MS office 2007, MS Messenger, Windows Media Player 11, Vista Tweaks, Direct X 9c .....
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13.5.2006 Windows Vista beta 2 DOWNLOAD
The Vista Beta 2 x86 DVD is 3,200.15 MB. The package contains Ultimate, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Business binaries. As ever, the key used is what determines what SKU you see.
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24.5.2006 Official: Windows Beta 2 Available for download
As previously mentioned by Tekmaven on bink.nu, here is the offical blurb from the offical Windows Vista Website concerning Beta 2.
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8.6.2006 Download Windows Live Writer now
Microsoft, will be reaviling a new Windows Live product on 14th August 2006. This new product will be called Windows Live Writer. This new product from Microsoft will allow a user to write documents/blog postings from a downloadable application called Windows Live Writer and post them to a blog (other than Windows Live Spaces). Right know, we have no other known features, except Spell Check, of this product untill Monday the 14th.
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13.8.2006 Windows Vista RC1 DOWNLOAD
Windows Vista RC1 (build 5600) was just posted on Microsoft Connect. (~2:45 EST).
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2.9.2006 Windows Vista Ultimate download
This is the final version of Vindows Vista.
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8.2.2007 Windows XP SP3 Available for Download!
In two weeks too :) Microsoft confirmed officially that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be made available for download in the next couple of weeks.
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29.8.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Download
Windows Live Messenger is the next - generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger, and much more!
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4.10.2007 Download Windows vs. Walls Wallpapers
On September 18 Microsoft kick started the second phase of the $300 million Windows marketing campaign put together by ad agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky.
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19.9.2008Ballmer: Yes on Windows 7 for netbooks, but maybe not a specific SKU
Did the Microsoft CEO really say what the financial press says he said about netbooks and Win7? Not really.
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09.03.2009Steven Sinofsky on Windows 7 and netbooks
Ars Technica: We got a chance to ask Steven Sinofsky some netbook questions that have been burning at our souls since we first had a look at Windows
7. For those that don't know, Sinofsky was the longtime Office head before moving over to the Windows group last year.
As a more
recent development, Netbooks as a class of hardware didn't really exist during the Windows Vista development cycle. When netbooks do ship with
Windows, the resource constraints generally force vendors into the old, wrinkly arms of XP. Sinofsky demonstrated Windows 7 on a netbook during the
PDC day-2 keynote, and we were curious to find out more about it. Here's what Sinofsky had to say about the future of Windows on netbooks.
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29.10.2008HP netbooks will likely run 3 versions of Windows 7
Hewlett-Packard said it will likely offer at least 3 different editions of Windows 7 - The Starter, Professional and the Home Premium editions on
future models of its Mini netbooks. Kyle Thornton, category manager for Business Notebook PCs at HP, said in an interview that Windows 7 Beta
testing is going on in the Mini netbook line and it runs very well on the Minis, even with Aero turned on. Besides the three editions of Windows 7
that HP plans to support, Thornton also hopes to continue to pre-install both Windows XP Professional and Vista Business on its business-oriented
netbooks.
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10.02.2009Microsoft touts Windows 7 for Netbooks
During a recent question and answer session with Brad Brooks, corporate vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing, he gave his take on
Windows 7 on netbooks, or mini-notebook PC's. Brooks confirms that Windows 7 will support netbook PC's, and not only support them, but
improve the consumers experience over any other Operating System. After recent showings at PDC, WinHEC, and CES, Brooks said users using Windows 7 on
netbook PC's had an overall great experience on the miniature devices, from Windows 7 small footprint, and improved user interface. Windows 7
will help improve boot up and shut down times on the netbooks, with a fully-functioning Windows experience.
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04.02.2009Windows 7 a non-Starter on netbooks
Microsoft's decision to limit Windows 7 Starter Edition to running only three concurrent applications could force up the price of netbooks in the
UK.
The company announced last week that it was launching
Windows 7 Starter
Edition as a low-cost option designed specifically for netbooks...
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09.02.2009Confirmed: Windows 7 for netbooks
Microsoft has confirmed that it will be providing a version of Windows 7 specifically developed for netbooks and sub-notebook computers, as well as at
least one version for consumers, and one for enterprise users.
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09.01.2009Does Windows 7 reduce netbook battery life?
The vast majority of netbooks on the market today ship with Windows XP. And the nearly decade-old operating system runs pretty well on a machine with
a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and all the usual netbook specs like 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. You know what else runs surprisingly well on
these netbooks? Windows 7, the upcoming next-gen operating system from Microsoft. Theres just one catch: It looks like most netbooks may be optimized
for Windows XP, and without the proper drivers some netbooks get dramatically worse battery life when running Windows 7.
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25.08.2009SanDisk to launch new SSD range for netbooks
SanDisk have announced that they are launching a new range of Solid State Drives (SSDs) designed specifically for netbooks. The SanDisk pSSD-P2 and
SanDisk pSSD-S2 SSDs, expected in February this year, will be available in capacities of 8, 16, 32 and 64GB – which, with the latter two, would
allow for a full installation of Windows Vista (or any large operating system for that matter), something not possible on netbooks with smaller
capacity SSDs. The new range is said to have improved performance for netbooks, at a lower cost. Unlike the previous range of netbook SSDs, the new
range is to feature a SATA interface, following a change in design requirements.
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06.01.2009Windows 7 and netbooks - Where are we now
There has been lot going on with Windows 7 and that it can run on 'netbooks' - lightweight, low-cost laptops that typically use Intel's
low-powered Atom processor and don't come with substantial amounts of RAM or powerful graphics processors. It all started when Steven Sinofksy,
Windows Senior Vice President, showed off Windows 7 at the PDC, on his Lenovo S10 and said it used less than half of the netbook's 1GB of RAM.
That was followed by Jerry Shen, CEO of Asus, announcing the plans to release versions of the Eee PC powered by Windows 7 in mid-2009, including a
touch-screen version.
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08.04.2009Microsoft Offers Windows 7 on USB Drives for Netbooks
Microsoft is allowing netbook users to download Windows 7, its new operating system, onto a bootable USB or burn it onto a DVD, in yet another move by
Redmond to disseminate the operating system to as many users as possible. Although Microsoft reported yet another quarter of declining revenues,
executives remain hopeful that Windows 7, rising PC sales and a sunnier economic outlook will translate into a more profitable 2010.
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25.10.2009Microsoft may offer Windows 7 on thumb drive for netbooks
Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on netbooks even since it first introduced the operating system, however, helping consumers getting it on there
may prove a bit tricky. According to CNET, Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive so that netbook owners are able to easily
upgrade their machines in case they lack a DVD drive, and are unable to use an external one. Even though Microsoft is considering selling Windows 7
on a thumb drive, there are other options for netbook users to upgrade. Less tech-savvy consumers could pay for someone else to do it, such as a
service like Best Buy's Geek Squad.
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27.06.2009Microsoft tells OEMs what netbooks are
Microsoft is going to restrict original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to certain hardware specifications for their netbooks if they want to run
Windows 7 Starter - the edition of the new operating system designed for netbooks - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed. Previously other
Microsoft executives have suggested that there will be restrictions on processors and screen resolutions supported by the Starter edition, but at
Microsoft's annual financial analyst day on July 30 Ballmer made the company's intentions clear, according to Computerworld. "Our license
tells you what a netbook is," Ballmer revealed.
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12.08.2009Microsoft to introduce new 'netbook-like' Windows Server SKU
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer listed the areas where Microsoft plans to invest in the annual Strategic Update presentation for Wall Street analysts.
During the event Ballmer said the company will introduce a new, low-priced Windows Server version in the next couple of months but acknowledged that
Microsoft has to decide on how it will handle Windows 7 SKU pricing for netbooks. Ballmer said about 90% of netbooks generally priced at $200 to
$400 have been shipped with a stripped-down version of Windows XP and buyers of netbooks with the low-end version of Windows 7 will have the
option of upgrading to the more powerful versions.
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25.02.2009Intel goes after Windows 7 on netbooks with Linux
In an effort to counter the growing dominance of Microsoft's Windows OS in netbooks, Intel on Tuesday announced a beta version of a Linux OS it has
developed for low-cost laptops and mobile devices.
The chip company on Tuesday
announced a beta of Moblin
2.0, a stripped-down distribution of Linux optimized for smaller screens on netbooks and mobile Internet devices (MIDs). Intel has fine-tuned Moblin
for netbooks based on Atom chips with a simple user interface and improved power-saving features.
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20.05.2009MS wants to rename netbooks "low cost small notebook PC"
Microsoft has gone on record to say that the term "netbook" use should be restricted and the term "low cost small notebook PC" should be used in
its place. The reasoning for the abandonment is because Microsoft sees that netbooks are only good for surfing the web and that there is little
distinction between small cheap laptops and netbooks. The real reason for Microsoft wanting to rename the netbook type laptops is driven by its own
definition of a "netbook". Microsoft will only license Windows 7 Starter to netbook products.
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03.06.2009Netbooks made up 19.5% of laptop shipments last quarter
Netbooks have accounted for nearly a fifth of all laptops shipped for two consecutive quarters now.
So says
DisplaySearch, whose preliminary numbers show netbooks represented 19.9% of shipments in the fourth quarter of last year and 19.5% last quarter.
(A year ago, netbooks had a paltry 2.9% market penetration rate.)
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14.05.2009Bright future ahead for Windows 7 and netbooks
Craig Marcho, a support engineer with the Performance Team of Microsoft has blogged his recent experiences with Windows 7 on netbook. A pre-beta build
of Windows 7 loaded on a netbook helped him to run Microsoft Outlook 2007, a number of internal applications, and IE 8 without any issues. Though
Craig hasn't mentioned which version he installed, since it is a pre-beta build of Windows 7, I think we can assume it to be Windows 7 Ultimate.
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04.03.2009Acer to make first-ever Android netbooks
Acer at Computex today
said it would be the first to
produce netbooks using Google's Android platform. Company IT product president Jim Wong expects the systems to appear in the summer and that the
Linux-based systems will still use Intel Atom processors. He didn't provide prices, though the Android netbooks should be less expensive than Windows
versions as Google doesn't charge for licenses where Microsoft asks for $15 for each copy of Windows XP.
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02.06.2009Following Success of Windows on Netbooks, Microsoft Extends Windows Offering to Nettop Devices
Today at Computex, Microsoft Corp. announced that following the success of Windows on netbooks, the Windows offering is being extended to include
nettop devices. Netbooks are commonly referred to as ultralow-cost PCs (ULCPCs) and were originally intended for students and other first-time PC
customers in emerging markets. Nettop refers to desktops that are ultralow-cost.
In April, Microsoft announced the worldwide
extension of the availability of Windows for this emerging class of devices that are primarily used for e-mail, accessing the Internet and instant
messaging, and the company is seeing much demand among industry partners who want to ensure that customers can have the benefits of Windows on both
new and existing devices.
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03.06.2008Netbooks: Just a Fad?
Were they just a fad? That may very well be the case according to Intel.
Stu Pann, vice president in the sales and marketing group at
Intel had this to say.
"We originally thought Netbooks would be for emerging markets and younger kids, and there is some of that. It
turns out the bulk of the Netbooks sold today are Western Europe, North America, and for people who just want to grab and go with a notebook.
We view the Netbook as mostly incremental to our total available market. If you've ever used a Netbook and used a 10-inch screen size--it's
fine for an hour. It's not something you're going to use day in and day out."
So it seems that the original dream of having Netbooks
to take with you on-the-go is a bust. Any heavy computer user will know that to get anything done over a long period of time, you certainly can't be
using a 10" screen. So even if they increase the performance to unbelievable levels, they still won't exceed regular laptop sales, simply because of
the way-too-small form factor.
AMD believes that Netbooks will be in and out just as fast as UMPCs were before them.
Great
concepts aren't always s successful as they were planned to be. This seems to be the case with netbooks.
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