As I noted Wednesday, Microsoft isn’t making huge changes to Windows 7 as a result of the beta feedback, but it is making a lot of little ones. In a posting to its Engineering Windows 7 blog on Thursday, Microsoft outlined some of the changes that will be made for the next public version, which [...]
Operating System
Microsoft to business users: it’s time to forget 2000 and XP
Microsoft’s business customers typically take 12 to 18 months of planning and testing before operating system deployments can begin. That includes testing applications, standardizing hardware, certifying operating system images, selecting deployment tools and methods, and training both end-users and IT for the new operating system. Before you blink, it can turn into a nightmare. But [...]
Microsoft grants Windows XP a reprieve
Some PC makers now have an extra four months to sell Windows XP. The BBC reported Monday that Microsoft has extended the deadline for smaller PC builders and resellers to obtain licenses for the discontinued operating system from the previous deadline of January 31, 2009 to May 30, 2009. “Microsoft is making accommodation through a [...]
Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5.6 Release Offers 36 New Fixes
Apple on Monday released for download a significant update to its Leopard operating system for Mac computers. OS X 10.5.6 includes at least three dozen fixes for issues ranging from print reliability to archiving problems. The update also offers “general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac,” according to [...]
Microsoft warns of another update to Windows Update
For the second time in three months, Microsoft Corp. today again warned it would upgrade Windows Update, the service most users rely on to download patches and other fixes. “Over the next couple of months, we’ll be rolling out another infrastructure update to the Windows Update agent (client code),” said an unidentified Microsoft employee on [...]