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Windows 7 will be tops this year, says Gartner

...operating system by the end of 2011, running on 94 percent of new PCs, and 42 percent of all PCs, according to Gartner, Inc. While... Read more

9 August, 2011

Microsoft faces lawsuit over Windows refunds

...to procure a refund for copies of Windows that come bundled in new PCs. The case, which was filed in Milan by the Associazione per... Read more

25 January, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

USB 3 StarTech ExpressCard & Kingston DataTraveler

...3 is showing up in premium notebooks and PCs but plenty of new PCs don't come with it yet - and if you're happy... Read more

22 December, 2010

The Windows 8 logo is a widescreen tablet

...fact that the Windows 8 logo will be most at home on new PCs is another reflection; of the fact that Windows 8 isn't... Read more

19 February, 2012

Windows security breaches on the rise

...have nothing to hide. When people approach me asking for opinions on new PCs, I explain that they have two choices, Windows or Linux, and... Read more

24 January, 2012

Points about migrating from Windows to GNU/Linux

...with Windows Vista. Microsoft customers ended up getting this operating system on new PCs, and even though Microsoft admitted that Vista was a "mistake", Microsoft... Read more

28 December, 2011

Windows to Linux Considerations

I have been asked by several people recently, both through here and privately, about the steps involved and the... Read more

6 October, 2011

Can Intel save PCs from crapware?

...asked Windows VP Steven Sinofsky about the way cramming trial software onto new PCs that slow down boot and clutter up the interface doesn't... Read more

6 October, 2011

Just what is an app store, anyway?

...using HTML5 the AppUp store can be white-labled and distributed with new PCs or downloaded from the web. But it's the app store... Read more

3 October, 2011

ITV ditches Windows for Macs and Google Apps

...the requirements of different roles determining whether staff will receive Macs or new PCs. The broadcaster will roll out the Google Apps suite to 7... Read more

22 July, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

How long has Bob Muglia's departure been brewing?

...240 million Windows 7 licences in 12 months (although with 350 million new PCs sold in the same time, that could mean another 100 million... Read more

11 January, 2011
Windows 7 finally makes the big time

Windows 7 finally makes the big time

...good enough to justify the pain of supporting a piecemeal upgrade, with new PCs running the new OS alongside legacy computers still on XP. That... Read more

16 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Gartner cuts PC sales forecasts as tablets take off

...more convenient ways to consume media, they are less likely to buy new PCs. In the business market, more companies will use hosted virtual desktops... Read more

29 November, 2010
Windows 7 migration: Calculating the costs (part 2)

Windows 7 migration: Calculating the costs (part 2)

Moving to Windows 7 doesn't just involve desktop hardware and software. Here we examine the additional costs you will need to plan for Read more

23 November, 2010 by Alan Stevens

XP on the way out as businesses adopt Windows 7 at record speed

...their PCs, IT managers are already deploying Windows 7 on 31% of new PCs today, and within a year the number will increase to 83... Read more

8 November, 2010

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pjc158

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

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apexwm

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