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The New Efficiency

Microsoft today officially introduced its marketing phrase for the Windows 7 - Windows Server 2008 R2 - Exchange Server 2010 "trifecta" launch which is now underway. It's called " The New Efficiency ," and while it's as groan-worthy as any other Microsoft marketing slogan...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-29-2009
Windows 7 RTM on MSDN, TechNet

I spent the day wandering around Paris yesterday, but somewhere in the middle of that Microsoft released Windows 7 RTM to both MSDN and TechNet as previously promised. Both services got the English versions of Windows 7 Home Basic, Starter, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate, all in...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-07-2009
Windows 7 Release Candidate availability

I wasn't aware that Microsoft had released this info to the public, but they have. :) So now I can talk about it… The Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will be made available to MSDN and Technet subscribers on April 30, 2009 . The public release of the Windows 7 RC will begin May 5 , as previously...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-26-2009
Windows 7: the untold story of how the enterprise gets snubbed

Julie Bort over at Network World interviewed me for a piece on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, specifically how they do or do not interact. My feeling on this is that the Windows 7/R2 “better together” story is a little on the weak side, that Windows 7 is more of a consumer release than a business...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-23-2009
Windows Search Advanced Query Syntax

Microsoft can and should be credited with being the first of the mainstream OS makers to announce and then implement system-wide instant search functionality in its operating systems. And now, years later, Windows Vista/7, and 2008 users (and XP and 2003 users, via an add-on) know the wonders of what's...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-20-2009
Windows 7 Beta Network Performance

David Travis posts some interesting Windows 7 network file copy performance results . You may recall that I had noticed some issues with network file copies myself, and Microsoft was curious about this. In my case, the copies were all to Windows Home Server, which is based on Windows Server 2003. And...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-14-2009
MinWin: Is it or isn’t it part of Windows 7?

If there's one thing Microsoft is doing poorly right now, it's communicating about Windows 7. That's somewhat ironic given the company's announced goal last week of communicating about Windows 7. Mary Jo Foley and I discussed this problem on Windows Weekly this past week (I'll post...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-02-2008
The Great Windows Collapse of 2011

I've gotten a lot email this week about the over-hyped Gartner report that said, essentially, that Windows is collapsing under its own weight. My reaction to this is two-fold. Before we get to that, here's a typical story about this report from ZD's Larry Dignan, who, I'm happy to report...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-12-2008
Microsoft Shows Shaved-Down Kernel For Next Windows OS

PC World offers up some info about Windows 7, which is always of interest: The core code for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows OS is undergoing a rewrite to make it slimmer for use in a wide range of future products, including Windows 7, the OS that will succeed Vista. The internal project, code-named "MinWin...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-19-2007

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