Today is Thursday 22nd October 2009, the offical launch date of Windows 7 and probably the biggest day on the technology calendar this year. I was lucky enough to get my hands on Windows 7 back in July and I am sure that Microsoft are going to be having a very happy board meeting next Monday. Record pre-orders on Amazon, millions of people blogging about … Continue reading Seventh Heaven?
It is just 2 days until the release of Windows 2008 R2. While a lot of people are hanging out for the Windows 7 (released on the same day), it is the new server operating system that is going to make waves in server rooms everywhere. Significant improvements have been made to Hyper-V in the form of Live Migration (think VMotion but without the price) … Continue reading Windows 2008 R2 is almost here
Will 22nd of October 2009 be remembered in history as the most significant technology product launch since Apples famous 1984 launch of the MacIntosh? Microsoft will certainly be hoping so, as the Redmond based software giant prepares to release not only the long anticipated replacement for Windows XP (lets face it, many businesses didn’t take the plunge with Vista), but also Windows 2008R2 and Exchange … Continue reading Microsoft Revolution Calling?
This article is a little slow coming, as today is actually day 4. If you missed my earlier posts you may wish to start reading my Windows 7 and Office 2010 day 1 post first. I’ve decided that this will be the last post in the series for two reasons. Firstly I am not going to roll back to Vista, I’m a forward looking guy. … Continue reading Windows 7 and Office 2010 day 3
Thanks to a huge response to my previous post Windows 7 and Office 2010 day 1… I decided I should keep up the momentum. I’m off to work at a client site a long way from my office tomorrow, so today was about ensuring everything I need to do my job remotely works. A quick description in four words could be either “no need to … Continue reading Windows 7 and Office 2010 day 2…
Yesterday I decided to free myself from Windows Vista, formatting my laptops hard disk and installing Windows 7 and the Technical Preview of Office 2010. The experience has been absolutely brilliant, fast boot time, slick user interface, network settings accessible in 1 mouse click and Office is pretty cool for all kinds of reasons. Installation from USB flash drive takes around 20 minutes and is … Continue reading Windows 7 + Office 2010 day one…
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