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I agree with Ballmer: Let’s wait for Windows 7
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
Heck, I’m sure many people and companies would have liked to deploy Windows Vista, but after hearing you, Bill Gates, and the rest of the Windows team …
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Microsoft to deliver Vista SP2 ahead of Windows 7?
TechSpot - USA
By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com Microsoft is preparing new service packs for Windows Vista and its server counterpart, Windows Server 2008. …
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Ballmer says skip Vista
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Is it just warmed over Vista? After all, at the Gartner conference, Ballmer said, ""Windows Vista is good; Windows 7 is Windows Vista with cleanup in user …
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Vista SP2 to Hit Before Windows 7
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA
Windows Vista already saw the release of its first service pack in May of this year. The first release was marred by compatibility difficulties, …
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Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2 out before Windows 7
Cheap Laptops - Yateley,England,UK
Most people I speak to have several strong words to say about their experience with Microsoft’s Vista OS; most even prefer to “downgrade” to Windows XP, …
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Microsoft’s new Windows XP anti-piracy measure aimed at boosting …
Interfax TMT China (subscription) - Hong Kong,China
… system has been met with fury by Chinese software users, and according to one analyst, is more about forcing people to upgrade to Windows Vista. …
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Microsoft to Deliver Vista SP2 Before Windows 7
Tom’s Hardware Guide - Culver City,CA,USA
“ » According to a spokesperson for the Vista team: “Microsoft is working on a second Windows Vista server pack (Windows Vista SP2) and will share more …
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Vista marks end of ‘planned software’
ZDNet Asia - Singapore
By Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia SINGAPORE–Big software releases like Windows Vista mark the end of "planned software" for the industry, according to Red Hat CEO …
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Novosoft Releases Certified For Windows Vista Backup Software
1888 Press Release (press release) - Alief,TX,USA
Novosoft released a new version of their flagship product Handy Backup – now with the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo. (1888PressRelease) October 17 …
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Vista laptops not top sellers on Amazon
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
Still, I do think it is noteworthy that of the top 20 best-selling laptops on Thursday evening, just one was running Windows Vista. …
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Ballmer: Windows 7 is Vista, just ‘a lot better’
By andy
Ballmer: Windows 7 is Vista, just ‘a lot better’ — Windows 7 will be like Windows Vista , but more so, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday as he defended the first two years of Vista and claimed its successor will be a major …
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Bypassing Vista for Windows 7 is okay, says Ballmer
By Chris Davies
Steve Ballmer would like you to know that, if you’d rather not bother with Windows Vista and instead just kick back until the Microsoft’s next-gen OS Windows 7, that’s okay with him. I mean, he’d prefer you to upgrade now - in fact, …
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Pent-Up Demand for Vista Apparently Still Pent-Up
By John Paczkowski
Perhaps that sentiment will change with the debut of Windows 7, which, according to Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer, is what Vista should have been. “[Windows 7] is Windows Vista, a lot better,” Ballmer said yesterday. …
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Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7
By ShaDow(ShaDow)
Microsoft’s goal is to deliver both SP2 releases before it delivers Windows 7 in order to lessen confusion among users as to whether to deploy Vista and Windows Server 2008 — or to wait for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (aka …
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Ballmer On Windows 7 And Windows Vista
Companies who have not yet made the switch to Windows Vista are in an awkward position. Windows 7 is supposed to come out in late 2009 which would mean that a company skipping Windows Vista would save lots of money when switching right …
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