In the next couple of months, Apple and Microsoft will both release upgrades to their operating systems. While they are both considered to be maintenance releases, the upgrade paths are incredibly different.
Windows 7
∞ Survey: 60% of companies will skip Windows 7
This is a case where history is coming back to bite Microsoft. In a recent survey done by ScriptLogic, 60 percent of respondents say they will skip Microsoft’s latest operating system when it’s released later this year.
∞ Google's Chrome OS "a textbook example of vaporware"
Google on Wednesday announced Chrome OS, a netbook optimized operating system that will be released sometime next year. However you view the news, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber brings up a good point in his latest article: where is it?
∞ "Vista Fixed Edition" 50 percent off the first day
Microsoft released pricing yesterday for “Vista Fixed Edition,” otherwise known as Windows 7.
∞ Apple should thank Microsoft for Windows 7 pricing
I don’t know what they were thinking, but Microsoft on Thursday announced pricing for the upcoming version of “Vista Fixed Edition,” also known as Windows 7.