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Windows7 Success … More Proof

Windows7 Success … More Proof

According to Steve Balmer, Windows 7 has been very successful. At the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2007 he offered proof of that fact by listing how many companies were developing apps and modifying their devices to run on Windows 7. He also showed some of the new gadgets and gizmo’s that have been rumored about and what they will actually do.

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No More Windows 7 Family Pack Deal In The US, But Available In The UK

No More Windows 7 Family Pack Deal In The US, But Available In The UK

The Windows 7 Family Pack offer from Microsoft represented great value for users who needed more than one copy of Windows 7  - for $149.99 you got 3 copies of [...]

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Windows 7 Market Share Hits 5%

Windows 7 Market Share Hits 5%

Stats from NetApplications who track internet usage seems to suggest that only a month after its launch, Windows 7′s market share has reached 5%.  Over the course of November 09 [...]

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Over 10,000 Windows 7 Whoppers Sold A Week

Over 10,000 Windows 7 Whoppers Sold A Week

Remember the Windows 7 Whopper that Burger King and Microsoft launched jointly to celebrate the launch of Windows 7?  If you missed it the first time, this monster burger featured [...]

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Windows 7 Whopper In The Flesh

Windows 7 Whopper In The Flesh

When I first saw Robert’s post about the Windows 7 Whopper I thought it was a joke, but then I realised that this heart attack in a wrapper was real. [...]

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Windows 7 Launch Party Photos

Windows 7 Launch Party Photos

I was hoping that Windows 7 News team member Sean would have posted some photos from his Windows 7 Launch Party by now….unfortunately we’ll have to make do with some [...]

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New Apple Commercials Attack Windows 7

New Apple Commercials Attack Windows 7

With the launch of Microsoft’s latest operating system, there’s a lot of excitement in the air. The Redmond company obviously wants Windows 7 to takeover Windows XP’s position and is trying hard to avoid any bad publicity [...]

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Microsoft Special Offers For Computers with Windows7

Microsoft Special Offers For Computers with Windows7

Microsoft with Partners, Dell, Acer, and BestBuy and other computer and laptop makers are offering a 7 day program to buy their products with Windows 7 installed. Offer ends on October 28. Some offers are only good for 24 hours.

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Windows 7 Promotion To Beat Them All

Windows 7 Promotion To Beat Them All

Ok, I know we have seen some strange advertising and promotion efforts  ( launch parties ) from Microsoft leading up to the Windows 7 launch, but this is on a [...]

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New Windows 7 Commercials

New Windows 7 Commercials

After all the somewhat – odd adverts Microsoft have released for Windows 7, they have finally come up with some decent ones that actually make sense. The first, appropriately named [...]

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Windows 7 Launch Event Review and Photos

Windows 7 Launch Event Review and Photos

The launch event for Windows 7 has just finished in New York and it’s been on a much smaller scale than previous launches. This time there was no huge stage [...]

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The Future: Windows 7 and Beyond

The Future: Windows 7 and Beyond

Happy Windows 7 Launch Day! This is very exciting and has been long coming. I haven’t received my copy yet, so my test copy will have to do until it [...]

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