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Windows 7 Cheaper Then Vista

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I have been reading some reports the Microsoft’s latest operating system on offer Windows 7 is going to be on sale October 2009 and the pricing is a complete shock it’s going to be cheaper then Vista and so the pricing is as follows

Upgrade pricing:

  • Home Premium $199
  • Professional $399
  • Ultimate $429

Full Version pricing

  • Home Premium $299
  • Professional $449
  • Ultimate $469

I personally love the new OS I am currently running it on my Intel P4 system and it’s running nicely only draw back is my Graphics Card which is not up to the standards which kind of sucks mostly only because of the Drivers that are not being made for Windows 7 which is ok it’s an older card so yea not a major problem I can still do all my normal every day tasks.

Windows Vista’s press was not very good and well I myself did not like Vista at all it was very clogged and had it’s issues the look was nice but over all performance was just rubbish.

With Windows 7 arriving this year Microsoft are offering free upgrades to the equivelant of Windows Vista so for instance if you have Vista Home you get the free upgrade to Windows 7 Home and so on however it is only with systems that have Windows Vista pre-installed and can be redeemed when Windows 7 comes out October 22nd which is not very far off.

The look and feel of Windows 7 is so much better to Vista it’s much cleaner and light weight to Vista in regards to theme.

The one thing I really like about the Windows 7 look is that you no longer have long bars down the bottom of the Taskbar however you have “Icons” which gives you more space to roam free etc and also the effect of Previewing a window to see what is happening without oppening it fully.

I myself personally will be buying Windows 7 when it comes out with the expection of a bit more hardware upgrades.

Big-screen support

Large, high-definition displays are much better catered for in Windows 7. First, there’s no more fiddling around in the Control Panel to make your desktop appear on an external display – pressing Windows + P brings up a pop-up menu with options to duplicate, extend or transfer your desktop on to the second screen.

Nag-free System Tray

Your antivirus software is out of date! Wireless networks detected! The woman at number 43 has just turned on her oven! Vista’s System Tray spewed out so many pop-up warnings that you couldn’t see the wood for the trees. Windows 7’s revamped System Tray, on the other hand, has been blissfully gagged.

Location-aware printing

Anyone used to ferrying a laptop between work and home will be familiar with the tedium of thoughtlessly pressing <Ctrl+P> in the office, only to find Word struggling to find the home inkjet that’s set as default. In Windows 7, the PC automatically detects when you’re at home and at work when you connect to the network, and automatically selects the relevant printer. It’s the little things…

UAC silencer

Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has admitted that Vista’s User Account Control had proved as popular as the village serial killer. The show-stopping interruptions are now completely under user control, with a sliding scale of UAC setting that ranges from turning the security “feature” off completely, to notifications every time a piece of software raises an eyebrow at your settings.

Take a look at PC Authority Australia for the 30 best features of Windows 7

iPhone Likes and Dislikes

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Ok so we all know now the iPhone 3GS is available to buy outright or go onto a 2 year contract with any provider well not any whoever sells the new iPhone 3GS

Some things I like about iPhone 3GS are

  1. 3MP Camera with Video Recording and Video Editing
  2. GPS Maps uses the new App Compass to move in the direction you are travelling
  3. Find your iPhone which is nice to have incase it is lost and the ability to whipe the phone at a command

Some things i extremely hate

  1. No emails come through unless you “Pull” them manually meaning you have to do it every time you want to check for emails.
  2. You have to have a subscription to MobileMe in order to have your Contacts, Calendar, Emails to be able to Sync and have push email this is extremely annoying and it’s not worth the $100 or more to pay for it
  3. You can’t run Third party apps unless the apps been approved by Apple seriously annoying unless you Jail Break the iPhone which from my understanding voids the warranty another joke
  4. You cannot run applications in the background once you go back to the home screen you exit the application all together this gets really annoying

Now mind you there are things i like about the iPhone and some i dislike very much as you can tell from the list above.

I own a Blackberry Bold and it has 10 emails coming through without a glitch or need to subscribe to a service like MobileMe it’s included in the $99 cap i am on and i mean come on $119 just to have MobileMe what a joke

Ok so what are your likes about the iPhone 3G and 3GS models?