I took some time off from my busy baseball schedule to put together another blog…this one on Windows 7. Have been enjoying the Arizona sun (in the high 80’s lately), to take in some major league baseball Spring Training games as well as some University of Arizona baseball games.
The Rockies and the Diamondbacks both train here in Tucson. Saw the Dodgers yesterday and the White Sox on Thursday. I also have tickets for upcoming games with the Giants and A’s, and hope to take in the Mariners also. It is fun-in-the-sun here in Tucson and Spring Training games are inexpensive. I had a box seat on Thursday, five rows from the field between home and first and it cost me all of $16.
But, if you love the game of baseball, the college game is great fun to watch. The crowds are smaller, but the student cheering section is fun to listen to. And, you can’t beat the price of a ticket…$3 a game for us seniors. But, I still hate the sound of aluminum bats.
Anyway, here are today’s news stories about the new Microsoft operating system that holds so much promise:
Microsoft: Here are some of the Win 7 changes coming in the next build
In a February 26 post to the Engineering Windows 7 blog, Microsoft itemized some of the changes that it is making to Windows 7 that will be part of the Release Candidate (RC) test build that is widely expected in April.
Is Jumping from XP to Windows 7 too Complicated?
When Windows 7 is released later this year or in early 2010, many PC users who upgrade will be coming from Windows XP. Unlike Vista users, they can't do an "in-place upgrade," in which the new OS overwrites the old one, preserving their installed applications, preferences, and data. Instead, they'll have to do a clean install, which means they have to back up their data, install Win 7 (either deleting or XP or installing as a separate environment), reinstall their apps, restore their data, and re-create their preferences.
10 Things Windows 7 Must Do To Succeed
I recently attended a briefing where Microsoft explained some of the new features in Windows 7 to reviewers from different publications. At the end of the meeting, the MS folks asked the half-dozen of us present what it will take for the new OS to be a success.
Netbook Smackdown: XP, Windows 7, and Ubuntu Face Off
What’s the best OS for use on the new ultra-portable netbook systems? I used a Samsung NC10 netbook and three operating systems to try to find out the answer. The Samsung NC10 is a pretty standard netbook--1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, and a really nice 10.2-inch WSVGA screen. The NC10 comes with Windows XP Home as the preinstalled OS.
Software: Turn Windows XP Into a Fake Windows 7
Bored of Windows XP and antsy for Windows 7? With a couple of quick downloads you can get the look and feel of Microsoft's next OS, no clean install necessary.
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