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March 18, 2009  6:43 PM

Windows 7 Comes Off Pretty Darn Well



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Enterprise Vista, Unknown Device Identifier, Windows 7, Windows 7 drivers, Windows 7 install, Windows 7 troubleshooting, Windows Vista

Now that I've gotten Windows 7 (the latest beta build: 7057) up and running on a couple of computers, I understand most of the recent hoopla it's garnered a whole lot better. It is indeed quick and easy to install: under half an hour in all cases, working from an ISO download I burned to DVD after...

March 13, 2009  4:52 PM

Windows 7 Gains Added Luster



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Enterprise Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 beta, Windows 7 build 7048, Windows Vista

Long-time Windows expert Ed Bott posted an extremely interesting, if not downright intruiging blog yesterday on ZDNet. It's entitled "Is Windows 7 reliable enough to release now?," and proceeds to make a reasonably convincing case...


February 13, 2009  2:52 PM

No More “Extras” for Ultimate Versions



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Enterprise desktop, Enterprise Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate Extras

Among the litany of complaints against Windows Vista, Microsoft's failures to deliver on its promises to produce and release "Extras" for the Ultimate edition have been held up and railed against repeatedly since that version shipped in January 2007. The idea behind the Extras sounded good: from...


January 9, 2009  11:37 PM

Lucky 7, or 7 Deadly Sins



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Windows 7, Windows 7 and Vista, Windows 7 and XP, Windows 7 release dates, Windows 7 upgrades

Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are the seven deadly sins. How many of these will Windows 7 cause, or is it likely to be more of a "Lucky 7" phenomenon. It's still way too early to tell, but gosh the news and rumors about Windows 7 are flying thick and fast this week. Here...


January 4, 2009  10:56 PM

Is Vista Really the Pathway to Windows 7?



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Enterprise desktop, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Vista migration

In light of my most recent blog "Who's Using Vista?" I decided to drop in on Microsoft's Enterprise Vista Web pages to see what they had to say on the whole "Vista now, or Windows 7 later?"...


December 26, 2008  3:19 PM

Who’s Using Vista?



Posted by: Ed Tittel
Vista deployment, Vista migration, Windows 7, Windows Vista

I keep reading all these stories about how nobody at the enterprise level is using Vista--or really, rather, that only a very small minority of enterprises have taken the plunge. Depending on how far back you want to go, I keep hearing numbers for enterprise Vista adoption in even percentages as...