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Heads Up: Windows 8 Pro Upgrade Promotion Ends Today

Posted 01/31/2013 at 11:56am | by Paul Lilly

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Today is the last day to download Windows 8 Pro (upgrade version) for $40.

Still on the fence about whether or not to make the jump to Windows 8? We feel your pain, but keep in mind that today is the deadline to take advantage of Microsoft's discounted upgrade offer. After today, the Windows 8 Pro upgrade will jump in price from $40 all the way to $200. There's still time to dive in at the discounted rated, which buys you a digital copy, or for $70 you can receive Windows 8 Pro on DVD.

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The 64GB Surface Pro Ships With Just 23GB of Usable Space

Posted 01/30/2013 at 12:55pm | by Justin Kerr

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64GB Surface Pro? Better read the fine print.

The Surface Pro can be ordered in either 64GB or 128GB storage capacities, but don’t be deceived. 128GB models will only offer users 83GB of usable space, and the 64GB version will supply a paltry 23GB for user files. Extra internal capacity can be added through the devices microSDXC card slot, but it makes the marketing behind Microsoft’s Surface Pro just as shady as it was for the RT version.

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Bill Gates Continues To Defend Windows 8 and the Surface

Posted 01/27/2013 at 8:51pm | by Justin Kerr

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Bill Gates feels confident in Microsoft’s new Direction, and has no desire to return as CEO.

Okay so he might be just the tiniest bit biased, but Bill Gates claims Windows 8 and the Surface tablet have “done well”. His answer was a response to a CNBC interview question with regards to the future of his company, and if he would ever consider reclaiming his CEO title from Steve Ballmer. According to Gates, Windows 8 and the Surface were both developed without his guidance, and as a result he feels the company is doing just fine without him.

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Windows 8 Pricing Returns to Normal in February – Is $200 too Expensive?

Posted 01/20/2013 at 10:27am | by Justin Kerr

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Windows 8 has tons of post-sale revenue potential, so is $200 too much to ask?

We’ve seen this story reported on by several blogs around the web, but few seem to point out that the price of Windows 8 isn’t going up, its just returning to normal. Microsoft’s promotional pricing that allowed for $15 upgrades with the purchase of a new Windows 7 PC, or $40 if you have anything newer than XP expires at the end of the month, and it doesn’t look like they have any intention of extending it.

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Windows 8 Store Adding Apps at an Impressive Rate

Posted 12/30/2012 at 1:46pm | by Justin Kerr

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Windows 8 will have quantity, but will it have quality?

The Windows 8 App Store has only been officially open for about two months now, but the number of apps available is just a few dozen away from passing over the 36,000 mark. That’s an impressive accomplishment to be sure; however it’s still difficult to single out any example of a “killer app” for the platform.

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Windows 8 Off to a Worse Start Than Vista

Posted 12/28/2012 at 11:40am | by Paul Lilly

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Despite the hype, Windows 8's adoption rate is slower than of Vista's when it debuted five years ago.

If you listen to Microsoft, Windows 8 is not only the greatest operating system ever designed, it's also selling really well. Microsoft in November claimed it sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the first month, an impressive figure, even after you factor in all the OEM systems that come pre-loaded with Windows. But is Windows 8 truly off to a fast start? There's evidence to suggest that might not be the case.

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Mozilla Backtracks on Decision to Cease Development of 64-bit Firefox

Posted 12/24/2012 at 11:11am | by Paul Lilly

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Don't look now, but 64-bit Firefox nightlies are set to return.

Mozilla in November made the decision to pull the plug on 64-bit Firefox for Windows, disabling 64-bit nightlies because of a lack of resources required to make it worthwhile. What Mozilla didn't anticipate was that there would be "significant negative feedback" from the online community, and because of that, the open source browser maker said it's willing to make a compromise.

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Ex-Windows Boss Steven Sinofsky is Now a Harvard Professor

Posted 12/20/2012 at 6:16am | by Paul Lilly

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After being ousted from Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky will spend some time teaching at Harvard.

Steven Sinofsky, the former head of Microsoft's Windows division who was ousted shortly after the launch of Windows 8, has washed up at Harvard Business School. His new title is "Executive in Residence" and his tasks include research, writing, teaching students product development, planning, collaboration, and more, Sinofsky announced in a pair of Twitter messages. He added the hashtag "sabbatical" to one of his tweets, indicating this is probably a temporary role.

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Puget Systems Provides Inside Look at Windows 8 vs 7 Sales

Posted 12/06/2012 at 12:04pm | by Paul Lilly

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Windows 7 Duels Windows 8

Puget Systems says PC buyers are "reluctant" to step up to Windows 8.

Depending on where you look, Windows 8 is either off to a scorching fast start or it flopped out of the gate with little interest from consumers. There doesn't appear to be much middle ground. Obviously, Microsoft is promoting the former, claiming it sold 40 million Windows 8 licenses in the first month. Yet companies like Asus are saying that the demand for Windows is "not that good," while PC OEMs in general are refusing to take the blame for soft sales. What's the real story? To help answer that question, Puget Systems posted some interesting data and thoughts about its own Windows 8 versus Windows 7 sales figures.

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PC OEM’s Refuse To Take The Blame For Soft Windows 8 Sales

Posted 12/02/2012 at 12:43pm | by Justin Kerr

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Windows 8 hasn’t been the complete train wreck some were predicting, but it also seems clear it wasn’t a run away success either. Microsoft dropped word that it moved over 40 million copies of Windows 8 within the first month, however there has been a great deal of debate on whether or not this actually constitutes a success. It’s approximately the same number of licenses Windows 7 sold during the same launch period, but as you’ve no doubt read us discussing ad nauseum, times have changed. Evidence has surfaced that Microsoft blames OEM’s for sales falling below internal projections, and OEM as you can imagine see things differently.

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