Windows 7 Team Blog

There is some interesting discussion happening today regarding netbook sales, namely that new devices may be negatively impacting sales and growth. Paul Thurrott has done a nice job of separating hype from reality . He references IDC’s forecast that 45...

I have exciting news about a special event called Windows Summit 2010 . For those who don’t know, Windows Summit 2010 is a special event designed for hardware and software designers, developers, engineers, testers and other technology professionals who...

Softpedia published an interesting article yesterday regarding Windows 7 and how it’s doing – with some interesting conclusions. Check out the article here . For more on the awesome momentum we’re seeing with Windows 7, see this blog post I published...

Any Saturday afternoon you are likely to find me at the local Best Buy or Fry’s. You see, I am a gadget nut and I love finding that next great product that helps me do something new or better. This is, of course, a good thing for the guy who heads up...

Today we reported our third quarter earnings for the period ending March 31st, 2010 with a record $14.5 billion in revenue. You can read our earnings results here . Windows 7 continues to be a growth driver for Microsoft and people continue to be excited...

The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 was first introduced last May as a series of 6 applications that are designed to showcase Windows Touch in Windows 7 and to help people learn touch gestures. It consists of 3 casual games, and 3 Microsoft Surface...

Wow! It’s only been about 30 hours since we announced the Windows Intune beta program and we’ve seen an incredible response from you and your colleagues. Due to your overwhelming interest and enthusiasm, we have already filled the beta program. For those...

We’ve talked a lot about the benefits to optimizing your Windows desktops and how Microsoft can help large companies reduce their TCO and have a more dynamic IT environment. But today I’d like to focus on smaller businesses, specifically the midsize businesses...

Today Microsoft is announcing the availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 .   S. Somasegar , Senior Vice President of the Developer Division here at Microsoft, has posted about the release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework...

Around this time of year, many people start thinking about purchasing a new PC. A new PC makes a great investment with that tax refund check you might have received and with the end of the school year coming; parents often look at sending their kids away...

Yesterday, Forrester’s JP Gownder published a blog post highlighting some data from two new reports on Windows 7 adoption and satisfaction. The reports show that by the end of 2009, a strong majority of US consumers were aware of Windows 7. Windows 7...

We’re announcing an update to Windows XP Mode today that will make it a more accessible to PCs in small and midsize businesses who want to migrate to Windows 7 Professional but have applications that still require Windows XP. Windows XP Mode will no longer...

Today during our online Desktop Virtualization Hour event, we’ll be talking a little bit about Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. For Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 will be introducing two new desktop virtualization features...

Today during the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, our Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein announced that Windows 7 has sold 90 million licenses to-date! That's a lot of Windows 7.  We're humbled and excited that people are...

It is great to see the excitement for Windows 7 translating into customer satisfaction with Microsoft overall. Earlier this week, Bloomberg posted an article headlined “ Microsoft Outpaces Apple in Customer Satisfaction” that examined data gathered by...

Today, Sony has announced a new series of VAIO Windows PCs – the VAIO E Series . This new 15.5” laptop will come in 5 high-gloss colors: Caribbean Green, Iridescent Blue, Coconut White, Hibiscus Pink and Lava Black. 3 matte colors can also be chosen:...

On February 15th, people still running the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will receive a notification reminding them that starting March 1st, 2010, their PC will begin experiencing bi-hourly shutdowns. These shutdowns will continue through June 1st...

Kicking off the new year with a bang, our Partners announced and showcased all kinds of awesome new products for Windows 7 at the 2010 International CES. I spent some time over the week compiling many of those announcements which include PCs, hardware...

As a comic book fan, I’m stoked about Graphic.ly (previously known as Take Comics). We mentioned Graphic.ly during Steve Ballmer’s keynote at CES this year. Graphic.ly is an app that will digitally bring comic books to your Windows PC. But Graphic.ly...

You may have read my post from last week on the great momentum we’re seeing with Windows 7 to-date. I thought I would share some more good news – not just for Microsoft and Windows, but for the entire technology industry. According to IDC early projections...

And in our last video from Mark Relph from CES 2010 – he visits the D-Link booth. There, he talks with Dan Kelley about what D-Link is coming out with including network area storage devices, routers and wireless cameras. Many of...

Kodak has done a lot of work taking advantage of new features of Windows 7 such as Devices and Printers and Device Stage, for ease of use for their consumers using Windows 7. Mark Relph talks with Kodak at CES 2010 about seeing value with the Windows...

I am continuing the series of videos Mark Relph sent me last from the CES 2010 showroom floor. Mark stopped by the NVIDIA booth at CES 2010 and talked with NVIDIA’s Ujesh Desai about their 3D Vision Technology running on Windows 7. Check out the video...

Canon was showing off their cameras and printers that have earned the Compatible with Windows 7 Logo at their CES booth. Mark stopped by to chat with Lisette Ranga and Nicole Centrone from Canon. They also discuss how their cameras and printers take advantage...

Mark stopped by AMD’s booth to talk to Bob Sison about what AMD was showcasing this week at CES. AMD announced their Mobility Radeon Premium graphics in laptop PCs – supporting DirectX 11 . Check out the video: Did you know AMD has...