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Articles on Microsoft Windows 7

iiView A2: MacBook Air wannabe Netbook

Crave At the Windows 7 press event recently, we got a little surprise. iiView, a Singapore-based vendor, showcased a sexy Netbook with a generous 12.1-inch display. Cyril Alonzo, chief executive officer of ... Read story »

Windows 7 RTM "special product key" leak confirmed

Crave Alex Kochis, Microsoft's director of Genuine Windows, posted a blog late Thursday addressing the "leak of a special product key" of Windows 7 RTM (release to manufacturers). This confirmed the ... Read story »

Microsoft and Intel want to limit Netbook screens to 10.2 inches

Crave There is collaboration, and there is collusion. According to Digitimes, Microsoft and Intel have reached an agreement that the next generation of Netbooks will not have displays larger than 10.2 inches. ... Read story »

Windows 7: Internet browser compulsory

Crave Microsoft's proposed "ballot screen" that would let users in Europe choose which browser they want on their PC. It looks like there won't be a browserless version of Windows 7, ... Read story »

Windows 7 on MacBook Pro is nice, but doesn't impress

Crave I have had Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (release to manufacturer) for a few days. This is, of course, a legitimate copy, not the leaked copy that you can download from the ... Read story »

Windows 7 XP Mode reaches RC status

Crave Microsoft has announced that XP Mode, the Windows 7 add-on that will allow users with the proper hardware to run a virtual version of Windows XP within Windows 7, has entered ... Read story »

64-bit computing to become common with Windows 7

Crave Windows 7 64-bit will soon take over desktop computers. Consumers have had the option of 64-bit Windows computing since the release of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition in May 2005, ... Read story »

How HP is changing the way we compute

Blogs Today, this geek managed to catch Phil McKinney, the CTO of Hewlett Packard’s Personal Systems Group. No, Phil wasn't in Singapore in case you were wondering. We had a session over ... Read story »

Should I buy a laptop now or wait for Windows 7?

Crave There's a key question being asked by students, parents, and anyone in the market for a new laptop, such as: If I buy a laptop now, can I get Windows 7 ... Read story »

Windows 7 RC download countdown

Crave While Microsoft's Windows 7 will go on sale in just about two months, there is still a little time to get a free copy of the operating system. Well, at least ... Read story »

Enjoying my older bits (not what you think)

Blogs In a stark example of "be careful what you wish for" 10 minutes after telling a friend that computers and such were a cause for many an aggravation, I discovered that ... Read story »

Run Windows OS on a Mac without spending a cent

Crave Hopefully, you managed to download a copy of Windows 7 RC before the download link expired yesterday. If so, find out in this video how you can install Windows 7 free ... Read story »
iiView A2 (Atom N270 Processor 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM)

iiView A2 (Atom N270 Processor 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM)

Review For a small startup, Singapore-based iiView's first foray into the Netbook arena is surprisingly not another uninspired "me-too" minilaptop. From the get go, the iiView A2's design took a page (more like the entire book) from Apple's MacBook Air. The sleek form factor and generous 12.1-inch...
Asus UL50 (Core 2 Duo ULV SU7300 Processor 1.3GHz, 4GB RAM)

Asus UL50 (Core 2 Duo ULV SU7300 Processor 1.3GHz, 4GB RAM)

Review This year has undoubtedly been defined if not by Netbooks, then by the growth of affordable thin laptops that shed the size--and even optical drive--in an effort to provide a more portable, larger-screen computer. Whereas this used to be the domain of highly expensive "executive" machines, such...

Windows 7 "Family Pack" likely to be offered

Crave Microsoft appears likely to offer a "Family Pack" version of Windows 7, according to language in a leaked test version of the operating system. This week enthusiasts started buzzing over wording ... Read story »

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