Dell Finally Releases Vostro A860 Laptop in America - Costs $379
Dell has finally released their Vostro A860 laptop in the United States. It had previously been available in other parts of the world since August. The unit starts at just $379 when you factor in Dell’s instant savings.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Microsoft Accidentally Reveals 2009 Launch Window for Windows 7
According to it’s corporate bigwigs, Microsoft will releases Windows 7 in early 2010. That’s not the whole story, however. Ina Fried at CNET has heard from Microsoft Director Doug Howe that Windows 7 should be ready for general consumption by the 2009 holidays.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Windows 7 Pre-Beta is Already Better than Vista
According to tests conducted over at Lifehacker, Windows 7 is already booting 20% faster than Windows Vista. In tests on identical systems, Vista Ultimate took 37 seconds to fully boot while Windows 7 came in 10 seconds faster at 27 seconds.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Microsoft Finally Discontinues Windows 3.x
Microsoft has finally discontinued licensing for their seminal Windows 3.x platform. Believe it or not, consumers have still been snapping up licenses for the system. It’s used primarily in cash registers and with airline entertainment companies.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Microsoft Announces Host of Improvements in Windows Vista SP2
It’s only been six months since Vista’s SP1 hit the Internet, but Microsoft execs have already begun to tout SP2. They’ve unveiled some of the improvements the second service pack will bring to the table.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Microsoft sends out Vista SP2 beta invites
SP2 doesn’t appear to add any major new features though it does improve upon some old ones. The internal search engine has been vastly improved. It also adds some bluetooth patches, support for Via’s 64 bit processor and a handful of other app compatibility updates.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Dell releases the Precision M6400 Covet mobile workstation
This nifty doodad comes packing a 2.53 GHz Core 2 Duo T940 CPU, Vista Business, a dual-layer DVD writer, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, 160GB 7,200 RPM hard drive, NVIDIA’s 1GB Quadro FX 3700M GPU, a 2-megapixel webcam, WiFi, 9-cell battery and a 17-inch WUXGA LED-backlit display. Yowza. Optional features include SSD, WWAN, a Core 2 Quad CPU and 16GB of RAM.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Vista SP1 Kills Kill-Switch
We anxiously await Vista’s SP1 due out in January to rid us of the pain-in-the-neck Kill Switch that some diabolical MS engineer came up with.
While Vista will still haunt you with messages, it will no longer disable your OS. Microsoft plans to roll back WGA to where it might nag you, but will not block [...]
Vista SP1
The first service pack for Windows Vista was reviewed by APCMag and it contains the usual bug fixes and performance tweaks. What’s new is the ability to create a recovery disk, plus a whole bunch of new install packages for Vista’s components. And that’s The Word.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Vista Service Pack for July 16
Rumor has it that Microsoft is planning Vista’s very first service pack beta release in mid-July, with a final version of Vista SP1, codenamed "Fiji", hopefully for November.
Meanwhile, work continues on Windows Vienna.
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