Those who want to move from the beta version of Windows 7 to the upcoming "release candidate" version will be able to do so, but it is going to take some work.
Microsoft has included in recent Windows 7 test versions an option to turn off the Internet Explorer 8 Web browser, according to testers who have used the recent builds.
Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday in the US that developers attending a Microsoft conference next month will get an early version of Windows 7 to take home.
At 10am on Tuesday, 22 July AEST, Microsoft announced Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 had gone gold and been released to manufacturing partners.
Microsoft has said precious little about Windows 7, but it has provided at least one outsider with an early test version of the forthcoming operating system.
There appears to be no doubt that Windows 7 will be significantly more popular in Australia than Vista was, a reality that will help Microsoft entrench its wider software portfolio even further into the enterprise.
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The Start button and the Start menu are basically the same as in Vista, but Microsoft really revamped the Taskbar in the beta of Windows 7. Let's take a detailed look at the new functionality in detail.
Microsoft's web-focused ReMIX conference kicked off at Star City in Sydney this morning. Attendees will be able to take in the latest and greatest of Microsoft's technologies, as well as learn tricks of the tradefrom their peers.
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Windows 7 looks like the operating system that we've all been waiting for. Despite its imperfections, it shows a lot of promise for the future while presenting a stable platform that can compete comfortably with OS X.
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