Microsoft: Low-cost Windows Gaining Ground
Posted by malebolgia on 28 July 2005 - 19:57 · 12 comments & 2405 views
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#1 Posted by Liaqat_ali on 28 Jul 2005 - 20:08
- who are these people
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#1.3 Posted by el22 on 29 Jul 2005 - 01:23
- Erm, poor people can't even think about affording a computer, let alone Windows Starter Edition...
I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and they have recently begun bundling Windows Starter Edition in cheaper PCs, replacing the few computers that came with Corel Linux or other Linux distributions. Instead of reducing the cost of computers, they replaced XP Home with Starter Edition (and of course, you only realise if you look closely before buying)
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#2 Posted by TheSarge on 28 Jul 2005 - 20:55
- Wow. There's 100,000 stupid people out there. I never would have guessed.
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#2.1 Posted by Ambivalancer on 29 Jul 2005 - 00:24
- 1000,001. SVT didn't buy it as far as I know.
But seriously, Might as well buy 98 rather than have all these limitations. if It's aimed at people who have no money then it does most of the stuff that XP does, and so what if it doesn't support some things becasue it does everyhting an OS should do.
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#3 Posted by M2Ys4U on 28 Jul 2005 - 21:04
- suckers...
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#4 Posted by Treefrog on 28 Jul 2005 - 21:36
- Gaining ground on who? BeOs? lol
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#5 Posted by netizen on 28 Jul 2005 - 23:26
- What's the betting most of these are OEM pre-installs that get wiped soon after purchase and replaced with XP Pro VLK?
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#6 Posted by LTD on 29 Jul 2005 - 05:19
- Not everyone is a Neowin geek.
We are not Microsoft's target market.
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#7 Posted by kangxi on 29 Jul 2005 - 11:55
- ****in your ms damn **** mother****ing asshole son of bitch bull**** starter edition!!!
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#7.1 Posted by SergeantNoob on 29 Jul 2005 - 15:15
- What? You're a stupid idiot? Why, that shows clearly.
Will Poole, senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows Client unit, gave out the sales figure on Thursday here, at the company's yearly meeting with financial analysts. For months, the software company has been expanding the number of countries in which it sells the operating system, a basic version of Windows that is sold in conjunction with a new PC. Microsoft initiated the program in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. It has since expanded sales to India, Brazil and, more recently, to Mexico and Spanish-speaking Latin America.
Let’s start with what Microsoft told us last Friday:Upgrading to Windows Vista from previous Windows versions will prompt you to perform an Anti-malware pre-installation setup. Vista now has a full screen domain logon, otherwise known as the "Welcome Screen".
Windows Service Hardening restricts critical Windows services from performing abnormal activities in the file system, registry, network, or any other resources that could be used to allow malware to install itself or attack other computers. For example the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) service can be restricted from replacing system files or modifying the registry. Here's an interesting link from Microsoft that explains the process in detail.
Standard user accounts have been updated so they can change system settings (or install programs) by 'unlocking' the setting using an admin password. This may help users decide to use the 'Standard user' rather than an Administrator group account so that programs can't run in the background without authentication. (A Restricted user account remains an option) Microsoft has done away with the Windows guest account that the majority of people disabled or deleted anyways.
Vista will ship with an integrated "Restart Manager" effectively reducing the number of reboots a machine will need to perform. (Up to a 50% reduction) A lot of Windows users have disabled the automatic update features of their OS so as to avoid the annoying and incessant automatic restart pop-ups.
Virtual Folders in Windows Explorer will show a basic visual reference to the content within. If a folder contains music, the virtual folder will change to reflect the content inside. Same goes for pictures and just about any other type of document on your computer. Virtual Folders will even show a preview of content stored within the folder. (here is an example of what I mean). I used Windows Paint to capture this and it saved as PNG by default.
The new Games Browser features Parental controls for content (Games) using the ESRB Rating system.
IE7 will only be made available on Windows Vista Windows XP SP2.
Print Preview in IE7 gas gained a "shrink to fit" option (normally chops off right hand side of page), and an integrated MSN search field has been added next to the address bar. Additional search providers can be chosen, currently they are: AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google & Yahoo. On the toolbar there's a new button that when pressed, displays RSS Feeds you can subscribe to. (You can even subscribe to MSN search results)
Beta 1 has limited implementation; Beta 2 will see more interesting end user features. Basically the message from the IE Team here is, "We have a renewed vision in the future of IE, we are back"
Windows Vista truly promises to be something worth upgrading to, and I haven't even talked about the 'eye-candy' yet. I don't really need to, as you have seen the screenshots and countless articles before this on Aero, Glass and even seen concept themes made for Windows XP that emulate it.
Paul Krevs contributed to this article.