I Wish

You have to love Steve Ballmer's humor. When market analysts asked him about his thoughts on the iPad he replied "they've sold certainly more than I'd like them to have sold." He went on to discuss how a new Windows based slate would decimate Apple's iPad market.

Mr. Ballmer is always good for a laugh. :-)

Windows XP Extended Until 2020

What many people do not realize is that 74% of business users still use Windows XP, the nine year old OS. Businesses have no interest in upgrading to Windows 7.

Yesterday Microsoft announced that it would extend licencing of Windows XP until 2020. Unfortunately, this also extends the BSOD surprise for Windows users :-)

Windows 7 Feature

Apparently, Windows 7 has a neat new feature. It erases your restore points every time that the computer is rebooted.

Nice job! :-)

Microsoft Does It Again!

Microsoft is at it again. Their latest round of security patches for Windows XP, Vista and 7 appears to be causing some PCs to seize up and display a black screen. This renders the computer useless.

It is good to know that even with a new operating system, some things don't change :-)

Windows 7 Eats Batteries

For those of you considering a new netbook with Windows 7 instead of XP, on average, the Windows 7 netbook will get 47 fewer minutes battery life.

This Is Poetic

TUAN pointed out something poetic concerning a Steve Ballmer interview on the Today show yesterday. During the interview concerning Windows 7, a graphic was placed in the background. Look close - that is a MacBook Pro with a Windows 7 graphic :-)

Windows 7 Launch

Windows 7 was launched today with a keynote in NYC by Steve Ballmer. The best thing about Windows 7 is that it's not Vista!

Windows 7 In The UK

I found this photo on Engadget today. Notice that Steve Ballmer is Lucius Malfoy.

The story is that Windows 7 is selling faster than Harry Potter on Amazon in the UK. This is probably due to the disaster known as Vista. As John C. Dvorak puts it, "Windows 7 is just a Vista martini. Like a martini made with cheap vodka, you are inevitably going to get the same old Windows hangover".

Windows 7 may be better than Vista but at the end of the day, it is still Windows.

Microsoft Doesn't Get It

This is a video that Microsoft distributed to people that are having Windows 7 parties. Honestly, this could not be any more boring. Cnet goes so far as to call it 'The Worst Microsoft promo video ever.' How can a company like Microsoft make so many mistakes?

Snow Leopard Outselling Leopard

It seems that Snow Leopard is outselling Leopard 2 to 1. Reports are that Snow Leopard is twice as fast as Leopard.

I would not look for this to happen with Windows 7!

Windows 7 Upgrade - Take The Day Off

You have to love Microsoft. While Snow Leopard is about a 40 minute upgrade process, Windows 7, depending on hardware, can take up to 21 hours.

This sounds like it would make a good commercial.

Microsoft Office $29 In China

Yet another amazing story about the geniuses in Redmond. It seems that if you live in China, you can buy Microsoft Office for only $29. For the record, the full version in the USA is over $300.

So, why is Microsoft Office so cheap in China? Because China is one of the top software pirate markets in the world. This would probably annoy Microsoft users if they weren't so busy trying to figure out the earlier Windows 7 upgrade chart :-)

Windows 7 Upgrade - Are You Kidding Me?

This could well be the most ridiculous thing that I have ever seen. The above is the official upgrade path to Windows 7. It lays out what has to be clean installed vs. what can be upgraded in place. This is no joke. This is what Microsoft expects people to go through.

What does the Apple Snow Leopard upgrade path look like? Craig Grannell over at Cult of Mac put this great chart together. It is genius.











Which path do you prefer?

No Direct Upgrade Path for XP Users

The geniuses at Microsoft have decided that there will be no direct upgrade path from XP to Windows 7. Unlike Vista, which has had less than a warm reception, if you are using XP, you must do a clean install of Windows 7. By most accounts, a clean install of Windows 7 is tenacious at best.

Is there any wonder that the majority of Fortune 500 CIO's have no plans to adopt Windows 7?

Windows 7 Goes RTM

Windows 7 went RTM today. Pretend for a moment that the majority of CIO's of Fortune 500 companies have no plans to ever deploy this according to a Quest Software’s ScriptLogic survey.

Let the carnage begin :-)

Update: Walt Mossberg pointed out today in the WSJ that upgrading to Windows 7 is " frustrating, tedious and labor-intensive." Some things never change!

Another Steve Ballmer Moment

Steve Ballmer just can't help himself. At the Windows Partner Conference he called Chrome OS "highly interesting," and went on to say "I don't know if they can't make up their mind or what the problem is over there, but the last time I checked, you don't need two client operating systems. It's good to have one." This coming from a company that is releasing six different versions of Windows 7.

In my mind, this means that Chrome OS is likely to be a huge success. Remember when he predicted the failure of the iPhone? :-)

Suprised? - Not Really

This should not really surprise anyone. In a recent survey by Quest Software’s ScriptLogic unit, only 5.4 percent of respondents said they plan to deploy Windows 7 this calendar year. 59.3 percent said they had no plans to deploy it at all. Vista really tainted the already questionable reputation of Microsoft OS releases.

Windows 7 For CIO's - Not Likely!

In a recent focus group of CIOs, only one said that they would even consider implementing Windows 7 and then only if all the drivers were solid. That said, this single CIO was not interested in considering Windows 7 until 2011 at the earliest. The vast majority of CIOs said that they plan stick with Windows XP for as long as there is support available.

Official Upgrade (Downgrade) Path

It is official. Microsoft announced that consumers will be able to easily upgrade their Windows 7 and Vista computers to XP Professional. They are even allowing OEM's the ability to install XP Professional out of the box rather than bothering people with either Vista or Windows 7.

Now if we could get the super secure version of XP. :-)

Army Moving To Vista

It seem that the U.S. Army has mandated that all computers be migrated to Vista by the end of the year. Two things come to mind. Do they not realize that Windows 7 will be out this Fall and why can't they get the super secure version of XP that Microsoft made for the Air Force?