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    Two Windows 7 tablets: HP Slate 2 vs. Samsung Series 7 Slate

    Posted March 29, 2012 - 2:27 pm

    Two very different Windows-7-based tablets from HP and Samsung offer a variety of features for business and personal use.

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    Windows 8 preview beats Windows 7 in most performance tests

    Posted March 26, 2012 - 2:34 pm

    Windows 8‘s Metro interface may be controversial, but it looks like few PC users will complain about the new operating system’s performance. Our PCWorld Lab put the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 through a battery of tests and found it generally faster -- sometimes a lot faster -- than Windows 7.

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    OnLive Desktop brings you one step closer to ditching your notebook for the iPad

    Posted March 3, 2012 - 8:35 am

    The OnLive Dekstop is an app for your iPad that gives you a virtual Windows 7 desktop environment, as well as Office 2010 apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Reader and other basic Windows apps (Calculator, Notepad, Wordpad, Paint, Sticky Notes).

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    Windows 7 rollouts without the pain

    Posted August 15, 2011 - 10:05 am

    Migrating to the next version of Windows can be a painful exercise for enterprise IT departments. That said, with support for Windows XP ending and with hardware refresh cycles kicking in, the move to Win 7 is unavoidable for most enterprises.

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    Windows 7 business tablets: Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 vs. Motion CL900

    Posted August 1, 2011 - 1:05 pm

    These two new Windows 7 tablets offer ruggedized components and enterprise-level mobility

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    Windows 7 Search might be all you need

    Posted July 26, 2010 - 12:33 pm

    If you're coming from Windows XP land, you know the frustration of trying to find files on your hard disk – it's slow and cumbersome. In fact, much of the software covered in our main reviews was created to solve this problem.

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    Network Activity Indicator

    Posted February 24, 2010 - 2:17 pm

    Windows 7 users, do you miss the blue blinking of the small two-monitor icon in the system tray that flashed to show when you there was network activity in Windows Vista? If so, you'll want to download the small utility Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7. Run it, and you'll see that familiar old blinking icon. There are benefits beyond seeing a familiar icon; the program tells you at a glance whether you are connected to a network, and also can provide useful information about your network connection.

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    PC vs. Mac deathmatch: Snow Leopard beats Windows 7

    Posted October 26, 2009 - 9:40 am

    Windows 7 is a worthy rival, but Mac OS X Snow Leopard is the better operating system by a whisker for discriminating professionals.

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    Windows 7 on multicore: How much faster?

    Posted October 20, 2009 - 3:32 pm

    Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system is receiving raves in its pre-release testing. While much of the kernel that lies at the heart of the operating system is based on Vista code, several key advances have been made that get rid of Vista annoyances and greatly improve the user experience.

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    Windows 7 Performance Tests

    Posted September 30, 2009 - 10:45 am

    Improving performance was one of Microsoft's design goals with Windows 7, and while Windows 7 makes some performance strides over Vista, the overall improvement isn't dramatic.

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    Windows 7 Review

    Posted September 29, 2009 - 12:31 pm

    Windows 7 is hardly flawless. Some features feel unfinished; others won't realize their potential without heavy lifting by third parties. And some long-standing annoyances remain intact. But overall, the final shipping version I test-drove appears to be the worthy successor to Windows XP that Vista never was.

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    Customize Windows 7 With Jumplist-Launcher

    Posted September 14, 2009 - 11:18 am

    One of Windows 7's niftier features is Jumplists, which offer a variety of pre-determined actions that can be taken when you right-click an icon in the new, redesigned Taskbar. Freebie Jumplist-Launcher attempts to power up that feature, but succeeds only partway.

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    Windows 7 touch: Dead on arrival

    Posted September 14, 2009 - 8:58 am

    Integrating touchscreen technology into the OS sounds revolutionary -- until you try to use it

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    Microsoft's two new operating systems: A win-win

    Posted June 2, 2009 - 4:01 pm

    Implementing Windows 7, Windows 2008 Server and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) requires careful planning and attention to detail. But this trifecta offers a significant payoff in terms of virtualization and administrative policy controls.

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    Hands on: Windows XP Mode works -- but is it worth the trouble?

    Posted May 12, 2009 - 10:57 am

    Windows 7's much-touted XP Mode will let you run legacy apps, but only if you've got the right hardware and the patience to set it up.

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    Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista

    Posted May 7, 2009 - 11:02 am

    Tests of the Windows 7 Release Candidate in PC World's Test Center found that while Windows 7 was slightly faster on their WorldBench 6 suite, the differences may be barely noticeable to users.

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    Windows 'XP mode': The new DOS box

    Posted May 5, 2009 - 11:45 am

    With 'XP mode' Microsoft takes a page out of Apple's playbook to entice Windows 7 fence-sitters. The results are disappointing.

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    Windows 7 RC1 adds speed, UI improvements

    Posted April 28, 2009 - 4:32 pm

    Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 (RC1), prematurely available on BitTorrent file-sharing sites and due to be more widely available on May 5, is a polished piece of work, ready for prime time. This hotly anticipated version arrives with a variety of nifty new changes to the interface and some important refinements under the hood.

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    Running Windows 7 on a netbook

    Posted April 24, 2009 - 10:45 am

    Microsoft has said that any version of Windows 7 will run on a netbook. We try it with Windows 7 Ultimate.

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    Windows 7 Public Beta: First Impressions

    Posted January 9, 2009 - 12:06 pm

    PC World has been running its own evaluations of the forthcoming replacement to Microsoft's much-derided Windows Vista for some time now, and we just couldn't wait to take this new version for a spin. Here's one editor's take on the latest Windows 7 user experience.

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    Windows 7 beta shows off task bar, UI goodies

    Posted January 8, 2009 - 11:00 am

    The just-released Beta 1 version of Windows 7 is a solid, fast-performing, stable operating system that appears to be just about fully baked and ready for prime time. It is much further along than Windows Vista was during its initial beta phase, and it appears to be feature-complete.

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    Windows 7: This time Microsoft gets it right

    Posted November 12, 2008 - 10:51 am

    Microsoft may call the newest version of its operating system Windows 7, but you may want to think of it as Windows 6.5. In overall look and feel, it mimics Vista, although there are enough changes to make it far more than just a juiced-up service pack.

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    Windows 7 first look: A big fix for Vista

    Posted October 29, 2008 - 10:40 am

    What if Microsoft waved a magic wand and everything people hated about Windows Vista went away? That's what Microsoft appears to be striving for with Windows 7.
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