Windows 7

When it comes down to allowing Windows XP and Windows Vista users to seamlessly jump to Windows 7, Microsoft default options for in-place upgrades have left some users out in the cold.

According to Microsoft, the maximum amount of time that a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to Windows 7 upgrade can take is 1,220 minutes.

German automobile maker BMW is many things: Manufacturer of luxury cars and motorcycles; a brand name famous around the world; a giant corporation with a reputation for efficiency.

How would you like to buy Windows 7, all major editions, at prices half of those for the retail versions of the operating system? Sounds like a pretty sweet deal? Well, that’s because it is, with the exception of a few small downsides.

In early August, some PC makers were complaining they still didn’t have access to tools they needed to get Windows 7 preloaded on new systems. A month later, system builders — smaller, custom PC makers — still don’t have access to tools like the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK).

XDA-Developers forum member xda2_haseeb has managed to extract and run Android Emulator on Windows which comes as a part of Google Android SDK package.

Yesterday, Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) and Intel (NSDQ:INTC) -- Wintel as the collaboration is known, showed off Windows 7 at an event in San Francisco. Engineers put the operating system through its paces to show it's not Vista redux. Here are five reasons, it appears, Windows 7 won't be like its much-reviled predecessor.

Microsoft teamed up with HouseParty for one of the most headscratching promotions we've seen: They want you to throw a party for the Windows 7 launch. We love Windows 7 and all, but Microsoft might be overestimating its party potential.

Customers testing the virtualization extensions of Windows 7, namely Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode have been experiencing performance problems in scenarios in which sharing folders are enabled.

Microsoft has made enhancements to its upcoming Windows 7 operating system that will speed up applications on machines with Intel's multicore chips, resulting in better overall system performance and less power consumption.