Microsoft reveals Windows 7 official pricing, pre-orders starting tomorrow

By Safi Baig on Jun 25, 2009 in Featured, Operating Systems

Microsoft has officially announced Windows 7 pricing and availability. Windows 7 will be available for sale starting October 22 and it comes cheap when compared to Vista.
Current Windows XP and Windows Vista users can upgrade to Windows 7 by paying $119.99 for Home Premium, $199.99 for Professional edition and $219.99 for the ultimate edition.
Those intending [...]

This is how Microsoft Windows 7 Packaging looks like

By Safi Baig on Jun 25, 2009 in Featured, Operating Systems

Windows 7 has not released yet but Microsoft’s Windows Blog has showed us how the official Windows 7 packaging will look like. The design looks good and Microsoft has given different background colors for different editions. The background colors for Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate editions are green, blue and black respectively. The packaging box [...]

Download Windows Vista Service Pack 2

By Safi Baig on May 26, 2009 in Operating Systems

Microsoft has just now released second Service Pack of its much criticized Windows Vista. They have released standalone installers for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Service pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
To install SP2 you need to have Service Pack 1 on genuine Windows OS and uninstall beta version of SP2 [...]

Microsoft Confirms: Windows 7 will be Launched by December

By Safi Baig on May 11, 2009 in Announcements, Operating Systems

It will be a feast for Microsoft Window 7 fans this December as Microsoft has finally confirms Windows 7  to be released this year during the holiday season.
Here is what Microsoft has to say about this.
LOS ANGELES – May 11, 2009 – Microsoft Tech•Ed North America 2009 kicked off today with announcements of new technologies [...]

Windows 7 to ship in 2009 Holiday Season

By Safi Baig on Nov 7, 2008 in Desktops, Featured

After so much hype about the new Windows Operating System, Windows 7, Microsoft have given indications that Windows 7 will be available to public by Mid 2009 with pre-configured Windows 7 systems shipping in time for the 2009 holiday season. Microsoft has previously said the next generation Windows operating system would be available about three [...]

Windows 7 to Load Faster and have Less Power Consumption

By Safi Baig on Nov 6, 2008 in Desktops, Operating Systems

To all those worried Windows fans who thought Windows-7 would load as slow as its predecessor Vista. Then here is some good news for you. Microsoft has promised faster booting and less power consumption than Vista although both are sharing same source code.

According to some tests conducted Windows 7 is booting 20% faster than Vista. [...]

Pre Beta Windows 7 Features

By Safi Baig on Oct 29, 2008 in Desktops, Featured

As you have already seen the screenshots of Windows 7 showcased at Professional Developers Conference [PDC] today in Los Angeles. Now the question in your mind is will this OS surpass Windows Vista and Microsoft’s previous OS. The last Windows version, Windows Vista was heavily criticized by almost every one as it had many bugs. [...]

Microsoft Office gets Online Applications with Office 14

By Safi Baig on Oct 28, 2008 in Desktops, Featured

Today at Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie announced that Microsoft will be launching online web applications with their new Microsoft Office, Office 14. In their previous Office packages they did not have such web applications. But with the announcement of Windows 7 they thought it is necessary for them to include web products to [...]

Checkout: First Screenshot of Windows 7 Operating System

By Safi Baig on Oct 28, 2008 in Desktops, Featured, Operating Systems

Microsoft today announced their latest Windows Operation System, Windows 7 in Los Angeles at the Professional Developers Conference. We some how got the first screenshots of the new Windows. By looking at the screenshots one can clearly say that it is very much similar to Windows vista but Microsoft has promosed more better features in [...]