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Windows 7 saw a pretty good amount of coverage coming from the tech blogs, after all I would say that a fair amount of tech bloggers were using it on a regular, if not daily basis since the public beta was released back in January of 2009. That said, I… Continue Reading »

As we mentioned back in mid-September, Microsoft was planning to offer a special edition of Windows 7 for students. This news was particularly good because that Student Edition was very nicely priced at $29—unfortunately it seems that the process of downloading and actually having it install has not been quite… Continue Reading »

Just yesterday we told you about the touchscreen based Acer Aspire notebook, and now Acer has followed up with an announcement for the Aspire Z5610—a multitouch capable all-in-one desktop PC. As you would imagine due to the timing, the Aspire Z5610 will be running Windows 7, or a little more… Continue Reading »

Acer has recently unveiled the AS5738PG, which is the latest model in the Aspire notebook lineup and also the companies first to offer multi-touch capabilities. The Aspire AS5738PG is going to be sporting a 15.6-inch display with a 1366 x 768 resolution.  But a little more specifically, that display will… Continue Reading »

The notebooks riding the Windows 7 train continues as we now have an announcement coming courtesy of Toshiba.  I should also point out that a few of these latest models from Toshiba will also have a touchscreen displays.  Lets begin with the new touchscreen display models, these are the Satellite… Continue Reading »

Perhaps in an effort to make it easier for users to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP or Vista, Microsoft has released an official upgrade chart—and to put it simply, the chart seems a little overwhelming at first glance. Diving in, to try and make some sense so you can… Continue Reading »

Microsoft has recently announced their latest keyboard and mouse set—the Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000.  Just to begin with, the new set is wireless, with both the keyboard and mouse using a shared USB 2.4GHz transceiver. They keyboard itself, aside from being Windows 7 ready, has a Comfort Curve layout with… Continue Reading »

Microsoft has officially announced that Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing and while this news is nothing earth shattering, it is still nice to see that progress is being made and that things seem to be on track for the official release which is coming up on October 22.… Continue Reading »

We now know that Windows 7 will officially be available beginning October 22, which means that Windows users, especially those who were burned with Windows Vista will be able to happily use their computer again. So, go ahead and mark your calendar, then sit back and wait.  Of course, this… Continue Reading »

First things first, while Windows 7 should be stable, it is important to point out that this is still a Release Candidate.  In other words, this is not the final release and you may experience an issue or two.  That said, I have been running Windows 7 beta 7000 since… Continue Reading »