Kortech Services » Windows 7 http://www.kortechservices.com/blog Your Portable Computer Guy Wed, 12 May 2010 14:13:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Microsoft Releases Massive Batch of Security Updates For October http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/10/13/microsoft-releases-massive-batch-of-security-updates-for-october/ http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/10/13/microsoft-releases-massive-batch-of-security-updates-for-october/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:32:24 +0000 okorioth http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/?p=102 Its the second Tuesday of the month, and that of course means in the Microsoft camp its patch Tuesday. And what a whopper this one is, in fact its the largest amount of patches ever released at one time.  The range of patches pretty much covers almost every major product line, from Windows, Server, SQL, Office and even the yet unreleased Windows 7.  So I strongly urge everyone to take the time to install these updates.  More info on these flaws can be found here.

]]> http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/10/13/microsoft-releases-massive-batch-of-security-updates-for-october/feed/ 0 Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Pricing http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/06/25/microsoft-announces-windows-7-pricing/ http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/06/25/microsoft-announces-windows-7-pricing/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:53:10 +0000 okorioth http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/?p=83 So, the cat is finally out of the bag. As an update to my previous post, Microsoft has finally released details on what Windows 7 is going to cost.  Via this blog posting;

The estimated retail prices for upgrade packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:

  • Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99
  • Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99
  • Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99

And the estimated retail prices for full packaged retail product of Windows 7 in the U.S. are:

  • Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
  • Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
  • Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99

Aww boo! Even though it less than what Vista costs today, this is still too expensive for my tastes.  Two other tidibits of info, if you are a diehard first in line type Microsoft will be offering a Pre Order discount of about half off starting tomorrow (Friday June 26th 2009) at select retailers like Best Buy, Amazon etc.  But only until July 11th!  Fear not if you don’t want to take the early plunge, also starting tomorrow if you buy a new computer ” from a participating OEM or retailer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate on it will all receive an upgrade to the corresponding version of Windows 7 at little or no cost to customers.” This is good until January 31st 2010.

OK, that doesn’t sound like a bad deal to me.

]]> http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/06/25/microsoft-announces-windows-7-pricing/feed/ 0 Windows 7 gets a release date http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/06/03/windows-7-gets-a-release-date/ http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/06/03/windows-7-gets-a-release-date/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:12:19 +0000 okorioth http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/?p=81 The news was flying around the intertubes yesterday, Windows 7 will be generally available on October 22nd this year, just in time for the holidays of course.  So if you are thinking of upgrading your computer, it may be in your best interest to wait. Windows 7 so far has proved, via the beta program, it is far superior than Vista in many ways.  Details ares till forthcoming on the Windows 7 Option Upgrade program, how much this will finally cost etc etc. Of course, Microsoft is still sticking with its more is better mantra and will be offerring another confusing multiple versions of 7.  Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate.  Thats a lot of versions, the only two consumers should care about would be Home Premium or Professional,  the first two will only be sold in emerging markets for the most part.  PCMag has a great article dissecting all this information on the different versions.

]]> http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2009/06/03/windows-7-gets-a-release-date/feed/ 0 Microsoft’s Next Operating System will be called..7? http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2008/10/14/microsofts-next-operating-system-will-be-called7/ http://www.kortechservices.com/blog/2008/10/14/microsofts-next-operating-system-will-be-called7/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:43:13 +0000 okorioth http://kortech.wordpress.com/?p=41 Yep, you heard that right. Just announced yesterday the folks in Redmond are steaming full ahead for the next iteration of Windows which will simply be called..Windows 7. After all these crazy naming schemes, could they not have done this since the beginning (kinda like the Mac OS series names)? I have a feeling this move has something to do with getting away from the Windows Vista name as quickly as possible, as they seem to not be able to get out from the constant negative attention this OS is getting. Although from leaked screen shots this looks a lot like Vista, the code base will be the same with some tweaks. I’ll bet the marketing team will be ramping up the idea that this isn’t even related to its predecessor and is a completely new OS, although under the hood it isn’t.

Other sites are also reporting that this may be released even sooner than 2010, which is only speculation at this point on that date,  possibly even in June 2009. Yeah right, thats a good one. Since when has Microsoft been on time for any major release?  The betas for Windows 7 will be released shortly during some upcoming developer conferences so I’m curious to see what things have changed.  Call me skeptical unless I’m convinced otherwise. I knew there was a reason to wait just a little while longer with Windows XP!

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