Desktops & Servers

Windows 7 first-week sales figures were much better than Vista's, says market researcher The NPD Group. They point to good supply-chain execution and canny discounting as success factors. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers look at worrying trends behind the numbers. Not to mention the latest excellent cover from Jack and Nataly...
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Pilot fish gets a call from a client with a week-old PC -- and he's in a panic. The newbie user tells fish that he can't plug in the mouse and keyboard, and he needs to answer an important e-mail that has just arrived.

Now that Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are both out and Ubuntu 9.10 is all but out, it's time to revisit which one is the easiest to upgrade.

In today's podcast: Microsoft revenue and earnings drop; Icahn quits Yahoo board; Some Windows 7 upgrades crash.

Not sure about Windows 7? Here are five of the best, not to mention free, Linux desktop alternatives.

The companies say that this new business Linux desktop will offer a 50% savings over Windows 7 while running on existing hardware.

IT Expo Report: IT executives are showing intense interest in hosted virtual desktops, which can be personalized, are less trouble prone and are easier to manage than physical instances of the Windows PC.

Receptionist in this doctor's office has been working there for three or four years and using a PC the whole time -- but that doesn't mean she's mastered it.

Steve Ballmer hasn't exactly shined as Microsoft CEO, but he's confident enough in his business acumen to offer this stunningly bad piece of advice to IBM: It's time to get back into the hardware business. This, despite the fact that focusing on high-profit businesses like services and consulting has turned IBM back into a money-making powerhouse.

The Wall Street had a story yesterday on virtual desktops that was missing a techie perspective. Many of the downsides were not addressed.

Kodak's ESP ink jet printers are less costly to run, but do they perform as reliably? It's time to find out.

HP doesn't formally support most community Linuxes on its hardware, but it's now opening the door for users to work together to support these Linux distributions on HP equipment,

While 'upgrading' from XP to Windows 7 can be a pain, upgrading from Vista to Windows 7 is usually a good idea.

This pilot fish sets up a point-of-sale system for a local restaurant that's moving into a new location. When he leaves, the network is configured and all the stations are communicating. But two days later, there's a problem.

This company consolidates all of its divisional IT help desks into a new "global service desk" -- and when an administrative assistant needs to get an existing PC for a new user, she soon learns what the change means.