Tag Archives: Windows 7

Windows 7 finally surpasses XP in usage

It’s now been 3 years since the announcement of Windows 7 and to kick off Microsoft’s Build conference, Steven Sinofsky started by talking about it’s successes. There’s some impressive numbers…

Review: Gold Class Media Centre PC

Gold Rabbit is likely a company you’ve never heard of before. The short story is that it was started by Corwin Tse, Accounting and Finance graduate from University of Technology…

Windows 7 SP1 available for download

A little after its 1 year birthday and 300 million licenses sold Windows 7 gets its first Service Pack, SP1, and it is available in its various forms for download…

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 released to MSDN and TechNet

Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 users with a MSDN or TechNet subscription can now get Service Pack 1. Built on the same codebase, the two operating systems will both…

Still not on Windows 7? 300 million are.

As part of the quarterly earnings announcement today from Microsoft, they revealed that more than 300 million Windows 7 licences have been sold. Naturally this includes a combination of home…

The current state of Windows 7

It’s been around a year since the launch of Windows 7, so in the final interview from Tech.Ed last week, I discuss the current state of Windows 7. In an…

Internet connected TV’s start supporting Win7 Play-to feature

For what seems like an eternity, home users have had to search for ways to get content from their computers to their TV. Interim solutions have often been via set…

Bootcamp 3.1 drivers kick ass !!

Whilst only a mild .1 update, Apple’s latest Bootcamp drivers make a massive difference to your Windows on Mac hardware experience. One of my biggest issues with my Macbook was…