Posts Tagged ‘Windows-Vista’
Frontier To Launch The “Kouziro”, a 10.2″ Netbook With Basic Specs
Japanese company Frontier, announces the release of Kouziro, a 10.2-inch netbook that looks pretty ordinary and has the regular specs, including Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, 802.11 b / g wifi connection and 120/160 HDD storage capacity. The company offers 3 versions to choose from, while the basic model comes with XP Home Edition ($533), the premium boasts the XP PRO ($694), and the third packs Windows Vista inside ($568). As mentioned, nothing special in this black Asian edition, but the prices, which are expropriated, comparing to other available models with similar specifications.
[Frontier]
Tags: 10.2-inch, FRNU, Frontier, Frontier Kouziro netbook, intel atom, intel atom processor, Japan, japanese, Kouziro, netbook, Windows-Vista, XP Home, XP PRO
Is Microsoft Planning To Open Unique Retail Stores?
Headstrong rumors claiming that Microsoft considers the opening of unique retail stores that will conspicuously market its own products. There is no doubt that Microsoft managers jealously squint at Apple’s success, thinking they can do the same, if not better. The only problem is that Apple has more hardware products to sell rather than Microsoft’s dominant software-based assortment. I mean, it’s not that Microsoft doesn’t have tangible things to offer, after all it does sell some great products like the Xbox 360 console, the Zune player, or complementary goods like video games and the accessories involved, not to mention the other peripherals such as webcam, keyboard or mouse. In addition, Microsoft sell retail software like Windows Vista and Microsoft Office, via affiliate partners and retailers. However, I’m not so sure it is the same variety as Apple’s products, including Mac, iPod and iPhone, with all the assorted accessories. Still, these are just rumors and I haven’t seen some major steps, coming from Microsoft direction, to carry out this project, but I am more than sure it crossed some Redmond minds. True or false, great or wrong, only time would tell.
[via macobserver]
Tags: iphone, ipod, Mac, Microsoft, microsoft office, retail. apple, rumors, Windows-Vista, xbox-360, Zune
Windows Vista SP1 Goes Live Officially
After months of speculations and tons of criticism, the awaited service pack 1 for Vista OS is finally here, as Microsoft has uploaded the official version to its website. The new Vista SP1 suppose to increase the system speed, improve the compatibility, and strengthen the troublesome stability. From what we have managed to read, SP1 is nothing but a collection of bug fixes and updates that were already released by Microsoft during the past year. In spite of that, recent reports point on several improvements in the Vista performance, specially with security issues, battery life, software stability and hardware compatibility, so i guess it is for you to determine either continue working with XP or move forward to Vista.
Update: early adopters report problems with driver issues, specially with sound and graphics.
[via Microsoft]
Tags: Microsoft, News, OS, service pack 1, sp1, windows, Windows-Vista
Gigabyte Unveils The New M704 UMPC
Gigabyte wants a share from the UMPC cake, introducing the new M704, Vista-based, with a 7-inch 1024 x 600 (WXGA) touchscreen, a 1.2GHz VIA Esther ULV C7 processor, and a VX-700 chipset. The ultra mini houses a large slide out QWERTY keyboard, a 40GB / 60GB hard drive, memory card reader, a built-in 1.3MP camera, a TV output, WiFi 802.11b / g, two USB 2.0 ports, all adorned with a nice modern-tech sleeky design. No price or availability details, but we expect to see this handsome around very soon.
[via i4u]
Tags: gigabyte, m704, UMPC, Windows-Vista
Windows Vista Is The Biggest Tech Disappointment Of 2007
PC WORLD ranked the top 15 biggest tech disappointments of 2007, and guess who’s no.1 in the list - Well…there’s no need to be a genius to figure out that Microsoft Windows Vista is the “winner”.
According to the magazine, despite the cool Aero interface, the efficient integrated security and parental controls, the OS isn’t delivering the excitement that was expected from 5 years of development system. The vista is slower than the XP, it requires some hefty hardware modifications and isn’t compatible with many nowadays drivers. This flaws brought many users to keep distance from the software or to downgrade back to Windows XP.
In this competition, Vista managed to “defeat” candidates like Facebook Beacon, Internet Security, Microsoft Zune and Office 2007, on its way to be nominated as #1 Tech Disappointment of the year.
[via pcworld]
Tags: Computers, Facebook, General, Microsoft, Operating Systems, OS, PC-World, Windows-Vista, Zune
Windows Vista SP1 Eliminates Anti Piracy
When Microsoft released the new Windows Vista OS, it declared a war against counterfeiting legal copies of the system, by embedding Windows Genuine Advantage program in the Vista. The program was designed to check for illegal copies of the operating system and lock them up, once they have been unveiled.
Now, as part of the new upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft decided to kill the WGA program that locked those fake copies, and instead, embedded a soften version of a reiterative popup notifier, to warn the users their copy of Windows Vista is not genuine.
Tags: Microsoft, Operating Systems, WGA, Windows-Vista