Dual OS of Aspire One Happy from Acer

IT IS a minor thing but it's great that Acer has done away with model numbers for its netbook. Instead, it's simply called Aspire One Happy.

It's probably called Happy because it's available in two colours - Candy Pink and Lavender Purple, both of which you'll probably be happier to see than just boring black. We got the Lavender Purple model for review.

The netbook is slim and compact and can easily slip into an oversized ladies' handbag or a backpack.

The experience

It's not just the look that's nice about the Happy netbook because it also comes with two operating systems - the standard Windows 7 Starter edition and Android 2.1.

We tested the boot up time and was not surprised to find out that Windows takes almost 50 seconds to start up but Android only takes 20.

This makes Android great for starting up the netbook really quick to just check e-mail messages or chat online with friends.

Or if you just want to kill time, there are games and applications that can be downloaded from the Android marketplace.

However, there is no way to tell if the application is optimised for the netbook because some will only work with phones or Tablet computers with touchscreen.

Also, currently you are only limited to downloading free applications from the Android Marketplace.

Windows, on the other hand, is great for getting work done. We typed this review on the trial version of Microsoft Word Starter edition that's bundled with the netbook.

And what's really handy about the Happy netbook is that you can seamlessly switch from Android to Windows with just a click of an icon.

The Happy has a decent keyboard and a wide touchpad. The keyboard was comfortable to use and it was responsive. The touchpad supports multitouch which is great when handling photos.

For storage, the Happy netbook has a whopping 320GB of hard disk drive. That's really big for a netbook although very common for notebooks.

COOL: The netbook has a whopping 320GB of hard disk space.

The netbook has a new dual-core Intel Atom processor, the N550 running at 1.5GHz. Thanks to the speedy processor and 2GB RAM, the notebook is no slow poke.

We ran multiple applications like Word, web browsers and Windows Media Player and the notebook was still responsive.

Switching between applications was also fast and crash-free.

Watching videos

It wouldn't be a nice experience if you can't watch movies on the Happy netbook.

The netbook has an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphics chip which should be able to handle videos.

We used Windows Media Player to play HD videos - both 720p and 1080p ones - and the netbook was able to play them without any hiccups.

However, the 10.1in screen and the non-HD resolution of 1,024 x 600-pixels isn't the best way to fully enjoy a HD movie.

Also, the Realtek HD audio chip and built-in speakers weren't up to par. The speakers were not loud enough even at the highest volume level.

We had to be really close to listen to the audio but a good pair of earphones should solve this problem.

Battery life is also great. We played several short videos, surfed the Net and worked on this review and it lasted almost seven hours before needing a recharge.

That's really great for working and playing casual games on the go.

Conclusion

We are happy with this netbook. The two operating systems - Android and Windows - are a great ­combination and it's so easy to switch from Android to Windows.

It has a decent processor and enough memory to handle multiple applications running simultaneously and a spacious hard disk to store all your files.

Also, the screen's resolution is not HD but it is still good enough for watching movies.

The one minor complain with the netbook is that the speakers are too soft.

At RM1,299, the Happy netbook is also affordably priced and has a lot of features.

Overall, the Acer Aspire One Happy will make a great Christmas gift for anyone who needs a netbook.

Pros: Runs on Windows and Android; spacioius hard disk; affordable.

Cons: Speakers are too soft.

ASPIRE ONE HAPPY 
(Acer)
Netbook
PROCESSOR: Intel Atom N550 (1.50GHz)
MEMORY: 2GB RAM
DISPLAY: 10.1in with LED backlight
GRAPHICS: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
STORAGE: 320GB
CONNECTIVITY: WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Ethernet port
OPTICAL DRIVE: None
PORTS/SLOTS: Three USB ports, VGA port, microphone/line-out jack
BATTERY: Six-cell Lithium-ion
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 Starter and Android 2.1
OTHER FEATURES: MMC/SD card reader, 1.3-megapixel webcam
DIMENSIONS (W x D x H): 258.5 x 185 x 24mm
WEIGHT: 1.25kg

Dual OS of Aspire One Happy from Acer

IT IS a minor thing but it's great that Acer has done away with model numbers for its netbook. Instead, it's simply called Aspire One Happy.

It's probably called Happy because it's available in two colours - Candy Pink and Lavender Purple, both of which you'll probably be happier to see than just boring black. We got the Lavender Purple model for review.

The netbook is slim and compact and can easily slip into an oversized ladies' handbag or a backpack.

The experience

It's not just the look that's nice about the Happy netbook because it also comes with two operating systems - the standard Windows 7 Starter edition and Android 2.1.

We tested the boot up time and was not surprised to find out that Windows takes almost 50 seconds to start up but Android only takes 20.

This makes Android great for starting up the netbook really quick to just check e-mail messages or chat online with friends.

Or if you just want to kill time, there are games and applications that can be downloaded from the Android marketplace.

However, there is no way to tell if the application is optimised for the netbook because some will only work with phones or Tablet computers with touchscreen.

Also, currently you are only limited to downloading free applications from the Android Marketplace.

Windows, on the other hand, is great for getting work done. We typed this review on the trial version of Microsoft Word Starter edition that's bundled with the netbook.

And what's really handy about the Happy netbook is that you can seamlessly switch from Android to Windows with just a click of an icon.

The Happy has a decent keyboard and a wide touchpad. The keyboard was comfortable to use and it was responsive. The touchpad supports multitouch which is great when handling photos.

For storage, the Happy netbook has a whopping 320GB of hard disk drive. That's really big for a netbook although very common for notebooks.

COOL: The netbook has a whopping 320GB of hard disk space.

The netbook has a new dual-core Intel Atom processor, the N550 running at 1.5GHz. Thanks to the speedy processor and 2GB RAM, the notebook is no slow poke.

We ran multiple applications like Word, web browsers and Windows Media Player and the notebook was still responsive.

Switching between applications was also fast and crash-free.

Watching videos

It wouldn't be a nice experience if you can't watch movies on the Happy netbook.

The netbook has an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphics chip which should be able to handle videos.

We used Windows Media Player to play HD videos - both 720p and 1080p ones - and the netbook was able to play them without any hiccups.

However, the 10.1in screen and the non-HD resolution of 1,024 x 600-pixels isn't the best way to fully enjoy a HD movie.

Also, the Realtek HD audio chip and built-in speakers weren't up to par. The speakers were not loud enough even at the highest volume level.

We had to be really close to listen to the audio but a good pair of earphones should solve this problem.

Battery life is also great. We played several short videos, surfed the Net and worked on this review and it lasted almost seven hours before needing a recharge.

That's really great for working and playing casual games on the go.

Conclusion

We are happy with this netbook. The two operating systems - Android and Windows - are a great ­combination and it's so easy to switch from Android to Windows.

It has a decent processor and enough memory to handle multiple applications running simultaneously and a spacious hard disk to store all your files.

Also, the screen's resolution is not HD but it is still good enough for watching movies.

The one minor complain with the netbook is that the speakers are too soft.

At RM1,299, the Happy netbook is also affordably priced and has a lot of features.

Overall, the Acer Aspire One Happy will make a great Christmas gift for anyone who needs a netbook.

Pros: Runs on Windows and Android; spacioius hard disk; affordable.

Cons: Speakers are too soft.

ASPIRE ONE HAPPY 
(Acer)
Netbook
PROCESSOR: Intel Atom N550 (1.50GHz)
MEMORY: 2GB RAM
DISPLAY: 10.1in with LED backlight
GRAPHICS: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
STORAGE: 320GB
CONNECTIVITY: WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Ethernet port
OPTICAL DRIVE: None
PORTS/SLOTS: Three USB ports, VGA port, microphone/line-out jack
BATTERY: Six-cell Lithium-ion
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 Starter and Android 2.1
OTHER FEATURES: MMC/SD card reader, 1.3-megapixel webcam
DIMENSIONS (W x D x H): 258.5 x 185 x 24mm
WEIGHT: 1.25kg

Dual OS of Aspire One Happy from Acer

IT IS a minor thing but it's great that Acer has done away with model numbers for its netbook. Instead, it's simply called Aspire One Happy.

It's probably called Happy because it's available in two colours - Candy Pink and Lavender Purple, both of which you'll probably be happier to see than just boring black. We got the Lavender Purple model for review.

The netbook is slim and compact and can easily slip into an oversized ladies' handbag or a backpack.

The experience

It's not just the look that's nice about the Happy netbook because it also comes with two operating systems - the standard Windows 7 Starter edition and Android 2.1.

We tested the boot up time and was not surprised to find out that Windows takes almost 50 seconds to start up but Android only takes 20.

This makes Android great for starting up the netbook really quick to just check e-mail messages or chat online with friends.

Or if you just want to kill time, there are games and applications that can be downloaded from the Android marketplace.

However, there is no way to tell if the application is optimised for the netbook because some will only work with phones or Tablet computers with touchscreen.

Also, currently you are only limited to downloading free applications from the Android Marketplace.

Windows, on the other hand, is great for getting work done. We typed this review on the trial version of Microsoft Word Starter edition that's bundled with the netbook.

And what's really handy about the Happy netbook is that you can seamlessly switch from Android to Windows with just a click of an icon.

The Happy has a decent keyboard and a wide touchpad. The keyboard was comfortable to use and it was responsive. The touchpad supports multitouch which is great when handling photos.

For storage, the Happy netbook has a whopping 320GB of hard disk drive. That's really big for a netbook although very common for notebooks.

COOL: The netbook has a whopping 320GB of hard disk space.

The netbook has a new dual-core Intel Atom processor, the N550 running at 1.5GHz. Thanks to the speedy processor and 2GB RAM, the notebook is no slow poke.

We ran multiple applications like Word, web browsers and Windows Media Player and the notebook was still responsive.

Switching between applications was also fast and crash-free.

Watching videos

It wouldn't be a nice experience if you can't watch movies on the Happy netbook.

The netbook has an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphics chip which should be able to handle videos.

We used Windows Media Player to play HD videos - both 720p and 1080p ones - and the netbook was able to play them without any hiccups.

However, the 10.1in screen and the non-HD resolution of 1,024 x 600-pixels isn't the best way to fully enjoy a HD movie.

Also, the Realtek HD audio chip and built-in speakers weren't up to par. The speakers were not loud enough even at the highest volume level.

We had to be really close to listen to the audio but a good pair of earphones should solve this problem.

Battery life is also great. We played several short videos, surfed the Net and worked on this review and it lasted almost seven hours before needing a recharge.

That's really great for working and playing casual games on the go.

Conclusion

We are happy with this netbook. The two operating systems - Android and Windows - are a great ­combination and it's so easy to switch from Android to Windows.

It has a decent processor and enough memory to handle multiple applications running simultaneously and a spacious hard disk to store all your files.

Also, the screen's resolution is not HD but it is still good enough for watching movies.

The one minor complain with the netbook is that the speakers are too soft.

At RM1,299, the Happy netbook is also affordably priced and has a lot of features.

Overall, the Acer Aspire One Happy will make a great Christmas gift for anyone who needs a netbook.

Pros: Runs on Windows and Android; spacioius hard disk; affordable.

Cons: Speakers are too soft.

ASPIRE ONE HAPPY 
(Acer)
Netbook
PROCESSOR: Intel Atom N550 (1.50GHz)
MEMORY: 2GB RAM
DISPLAY: 10.1in with LED backlight
GRAPHICS: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150
STORAGE: 320GB
CONNECTIVITY: WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Ethernet port
OPTICAL DRIVE: None
PORTS/SLOTS: Three USB ports, VGA port, microphone/line-out jack
BATTERY: Six-cell Lithium-ion
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 Starter and Android 2.1
OTHER FEATURES: MMC/SD card reader, 1.3-megapixel webcam
DIMENSIONS (W x D x H): 258.5 x 185 x 24mm
WEIGHT: 1.25kg

Microsoft hypes smartphone, browser

ENTHUSIASTIC: Ballmer addressing a sold-out crowd of developers at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC10) in Redmond, Washington. - Microsoft

REDMOND (Washington): Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer pumped up unique features in the company's new web browser and smartphone software at a software developer conference.

The event was the company's annual pep rally for people who will build programs for the Web, Windows computers and phones.

Ballmer is known for his onstage enthusiasm. This year, he joked with the crowd that he wouldn't repeat the memorable "developer prance" of years past, when he loped around hollering, "Developers! Developers!"

Dean Hachamovitch, a top executive in Microsoft's Internet Explorer division, showed off how developers can program websites to take advantage of new features.

Internet Explorer 9, which is in beta test form, uses more of a PC's hardware to make pages load and run faster. A new version of the underlying code has been released for developers.

IE9, which is only available for computers running Windows Vista and Windows 7, lets computer users "pin" websites to the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, creating a permanent shortcut that makes the site feel more like a desktop program.

Microsoft also unveiled some new apps - add-on programs that can be downloaded - for Windows Phone 7, its new smartphone software.

One was a version of Amazon.com Inc's Kindle e-book reader software. Microsoft's app marketplace now has 1,000 approved programs and games; the first Windows Phone 7 devices go on sale in the United States in early November.

Most of the keynote presentations centered on what software programmers can build with Microsoft's tools.

Microsoft is far behind Apple Inc with its iPhone and Google Inc with its Android smartphone software; tens of thousands of apps are already available for those phones and have been critical to their success.

But one of Microsoft's greatest strengths is its relationship with developers. The company's tools, which it is updating, will be familiar for developers who already make programs for Windows PCs, and Microsoft is hoping that will encourage them to build apps even though the popularity of the phone is unproven.

"We need your best work," Ballmer said to developers. "Make no mistake about it, when it comes to Windows Phone, we're all in."

Ballmer said Microsoft will give all developers who attend the conference at its Redmond, Washington, headquarters a Windows Phone 7 smartphone - more than a week before it goes on sale.

Microsoft also updated developers on its Azure system, which it describes as an operating system for "the cloud" - in other words, technology that allows programs to run not on a single computer or server, but across thousands of machines in datacentres scattered around the world.

Walt Disney Co's Pixar Animation Studios demonstrated a real-world example of how Azure works. The maker of the Toy Story movies is also responsible for the visual-effects rendering software used by many other movie studios.

Rendering effects is computing-power intensive, and in the past it required studios to invest in massive datacentres to crunch files.

Pixar built a version of the rendering software so it runs on Azure. It lets movie studios upload their raw files to the cloud.

The studio can decide how fast it wants the computing done, and the service ramps up the right number of machines to complete the work. The studio pays based on how much computing resources it uses, but doesn't have to buy a huge server farm. - AP

Microsoft hypes smartphone, browser

ENTHUSIASTIC: Ballmer addressing a sold-out crowd of developers at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC10) in Redmond, Washington. - Microsoft

REDMOND (Washington): Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer pumped up unique features in the company's new web browser and smartphone software at a software developer conference.

The event was the company's annual pep rally for people who will build programs for the Web, Windows computers and phones.

Ballmer is known for his onstage enthusiasm. This year, he joked with the crowd that he wouldn't repeat the memorable "developer prance" of years past, when he loped around hollering, "Developers! Developers!"

Dean Hachamovitch, a top executive in Microsoft's Internet Explorer division, showed off how developers can program websites to take advantage of new features.

Internet Explorer 9, which is in beta test form, uses more of a PC's hardware to make pages load and run faster. A new version of the underlying code has been released for developers.

IE9, which is only available for computers running Windows Vista and Windows 7, lets computer users "pin" websites to the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, creating a permanent shortcut that makes the site feel more like a desktop program.

Microsoft also unveiled some new apps - add-on programs that can be downloaded - for Windows Phone 7, its new smartphone software.

One was a version of Amazon.com Inc's Kindle e-book reader software. Microsoft's app marketplace now has 1,000 approved programs and games; the first Windows Phone 7 devices go on sale in the United States in early November.

Most of the keynote presentations centered on what software programmers can build with Microsoft's tools.

Microsoft is far behind Apple Inc with its iPhone and Google Inc with its Android smartphone software; tens of thousands of apps are already available for those phones and have been critical to their success.

But one of Microsoft's greatest strengths is its relationship with developers. The company's tools, which it is updating, will be familiar for developers who already make programs for Windows PCs, and Microsoft is hoping that will encourage them to build apps even though the popularity of the phone is unproven.

"We need your best work," Ballmer said to developers. "Make no mistake about it, when it comes to Windows Phone, we're all in."

Ballmer said Microsoft will give all developers who attend the conference at its Redmond, Washington, headquarters a Windows Phone 7 smartphone - more than a week before it goes on sale.

Microsoft also updated developers on its Azure system, which it describes as an operating system for "the cloud" - in other words, technology that allows programs to run not on a single computer or server, but across thousands of machines in datacentres scattered around the world.

Walt Disney Co's Pixar Animation Studios demonstrated a real-world example of how Azure works. The maker of the Toy Story movies is also responsible for the visual-effects rendering software used by many other movie studios.

Rendering effects is computing-power intensive, and in the past it required studios to invest in massive datacentres to crunch files.

Pixar built a version of the rendering software so it runs on Azure. It lets movie studios upload their raw files to the cloud.

The studio can decide how fast it wants the computing done, and the service ramps up the right number of machines to complete the work. The studio pays based on how much computing resources it uses, but doesn't have to buy a huge server farm. - AP

Microsoft hypes smartphone, browser

ENTHUSIASTIC: Ballmer addressing a sold-out crowd of developers at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC10) in Redmond, Washington. - Microsoft

REDMOND (Washington): Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer pumped up unique features in the company's new web browser and smartphone software at a software developer conference.

The event was the company's annual pep rally for people who will build programs for the Web, Windows computers and phones.

Ballmer is known for his onstage enthusiasm. This year, he joked with the crowd that he wouldn't repeat the memorable "developer prance" of years past, when he loped around hollering, "Developers! Developers!"

Dean Hachamovitch, a top executive in Microsoft's Internet Explorer division, showed off how developers can program websites to take advantage of new features.

Internet Explorer 9, which is in beta test form, uses more of a PC's hardware to make pages load and run faster. A new version of the underlying code has been released for developers.

IE9, which is only available for computers running Windows Vista and Windows 7, lets computer users "pin" websites to the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, creating a permanent shortcut that makes the site feel more like a desktop program.

Microsoft also unveiled some new apps - add-on programs that can be downloaded - for Windows Phone 7, its new smartphone software.

One was a version of Amazon.com Inc's Kindle e-book reader software. Microsoft's app marketplace now has 1,000 approved programs and games; the first Windows Phone 7 devices go on sale in the United States in early November.

Most of the keynote presentations centered on what software programmers can build with Microsoft's tools.

Microsoft is far behind Apple Inc with its iPhone and Google Inc with its Android smartphone software; tens of thousands of apps are already available for those phones and have been critical to their success.

But one of Microsoft's greatest strengths is its relationship with developers. The company's tools, which it is updating, will be familiar for developers who already make programs for Windows PCs, and Microsoft is hoping that will encourage them to build apps even though the popularity of the phone is unproven.

"We need your best work," Ballmer said to developers. "Make no mistake about it, when it comes to Windows Phone, we're all in."

Ballmer said Microsoft will give all developers who attend the conference at its Redmond, Washington, headquarters a Windows Phone 7 smartphone - more than a week before it goes on sale.

Microsoft also updated developers on its Azure system, which it describes as an operating system for "the cloud" - in other words, technology that allows programs to run not on a single computer or server, but across thousands of machines in datacentres scattered around the world.

Walt Disney Co's Pixar Animation Studios demonstrated a real-world example of how Azure works. The maker of the Toy Story movies is also responsible for the visual-effects rendering software used by many other movie studios.

Rendering effects is computing-power intensive, and in the past it required studios to invest in massive datacentres to crunch files.

Pixar built a version of the rendering software so it runs on Azure. It lets movie studios upload their raw files to the cloud.

The studio can decide how fast it wants the computing done, and the service ramps up the right number of machines to complete the work. The studio pays based on how much computing resources it uses, but doesn't have to buy a huge server farm. - AP

Google`s mobile browser ready to smoke Iphone

The new google mobile web browsing engine seems to show their best performance ever in December. Although Android still trails the iPhone in absolute share of the web with just 0.05 percent versus Apple’s 0.44 percent, it grew a much faster 54.8 percent versus just 20.1 percent for Apple’s platform. The BlackBerry too had a better month at 22.2 percent growth while the only major platforms below them are Symbian (19 percent growth) and Java ME (15.6 percent).

In Desktop site also represented a major if symbolic victory for Chrome, which for the first time in the analysis has overtaken Safari for share on the web. The browser jumped exactly 0.7 points to 4.63 percent, or enough to pass Apple; even though it continued to grow, Safari grew only modestly versus November and topped out at 4.46 percent. Firefox saw a rare decline in use to 24.61 percent, while Internet Explorer continued its long descent and reached 62.69 percent.

While the rise of Chrome is explained through both the launch of Chrome for Mac in beta form as well as extensions becoming available for Windows, Android’s efforts are more complex. It was helped both by a wider overall shift to mobile as well as the launch of key phones like the Motorola Droid that have fueled Android market share with runaway sales.

Proof of the downturn for desktop browsing comes through desktop operating system share. Despite sustained availability of Windows 7, Microsoft’s combined OS share dropped to 92.21 percent while the Mac dropped a hundredth of a point to 92.11 percent. Linux was the only desktop platform to see a gain as it edged forward slightly to 1.02 percent. The iPod touch is broken out separately from iPhone share and claims 0.09 percent.

Web bowser share

source : NetApplication study

Google`s mobile browser ready to smoke Iphone

The new google mobile web browsing engine seems to show their best performance ever in December. Although Android still trails the iPhone in absolute share of the web with just 0.05 percent versus Apple’s 0.44 percent, it grew a much faster 54.8 percent versus just 20.1 percent for Apple’s platform. The BlackBerry too had a better month at 22.2 percent growth while the only major platforms below them are Symbian (19 percent growth) and Java ME (15.6 percent).

In Desktop site also represented a major if symbolic victory for Chrome, which for the first time in the analysis has overtaken Safari for share on the web. The browser jumped exactly 0.7 points to 4.63 percent, or enough to pass Apple; even though it continued to grow, Safari grew only modestly versus November and topped out at 4.46 percent. Firefox saw a rare decline in use to 24.61 percent, while Internet Explorer continued its long descent and reached 62.69 percent.

While the rise of Chrome is explained through both the launch of Chrome for Mac in beta form as well as extensions becoming available for Windows, Android’s efforts are more complex. It was helped both by a wider overall shift to mobile as well as the launch of key phones like the Motorola Droid that have fueled Android market share with runaway sales.

Proof of the downturn for desktop browsing comes through desktop operating system share. Despite sustained availability of Windows 7, Microsoft’s combined OS share dropped to 92.21 percent while the Mac dropped a hundredth of a point to 92.11 percent. Linux was the only desktop platform to see a gain as it edged forward slightly to 1.02 percent. The iPod touch is broken out separately from iPhone share and claims 0.09 percent.

Web bowser share

source : NetApplication study

Google`s mobile browser ready to smoke Iphone

The new google mobile web browsing engine seems to show their best performance ever in December. Although Android still trails the iPhone in absolute share of the web with just 0.05 percent versus Apple’s 0.44 percent, it grew a much faster 54.8 percent versus just 20.1 percent for Apple’s platform. The BlackBerry too had a better month at 22.2 percent growth while the only major platforms below them are Symbian (19 percent growth) and Java ME (15.6 percent).

In Desktop site also represented a major if symbolic victory for Chrome, which for the first time in the analysis has overtaken Safari for share on the web. The browser jumped exactly 0.7 points to 4.63 percent, or enough to pass Apple; even though it continued to grow, Safari grew only modestly versus November and topped out at 4.46 percent. Firefox saw a rare decline in use to 24.61 percent, while Internet Explorer continued its long descent and reached 62.69 percent.

While the rise of Chrome is explained through both the launch of Chrome for Mac in beta form as well as extensions becoming available for Windows, Android’s efforts are more complex. It was helped both by a wider overall shift to mobile as well as the launch of key phones like the Motorola Droid that have fueled Android market share with runaway sales.

Proof of the downturn for desktop browsing comes through desktop operating system share. Despite sustained availability of Windows 7, Microsoft’s combined OS share dropped to 92.21 percent while the Mac dropped a hundredth of a point to 92.11 percent. Linux was the only desktop platform to see a gain as it edged forward slightly to 1.02 percent. The iPod touch is broken out separately from iPhone share and claims 0.09 percent.

Web bowser share

source : NetApplication study

Windows 7 - New transform from slumpy Vista product or backward roadmap?

Microsoft has recently announced a new baby birth from Microsoft family, called Windows 7, which will be a predecessor for Windows Vista and Xp soon. Well, hearing this kind of thing would give a lot in mind. Why they have to come with new windows product very soon? Is the vista not good enough to sustain the requirement of global need? or the XP already run out of petrol so then they cannot boost further?

Any of the answer you might have if you browse the google website a little deep further. Most of the internet savvy said that the Vista is suck!. Is it true? Well, some is right and some of the little is not really actually. At the first time when Vista is launched, the current hardware cannot support this giant truck. Just imagine a giant Bigfoot try to walk on the half lane road. Really slow right. In fact, not as claimed by brother gates from Microsoft, who said that This kitty Vista will finely run with single Core and 512 MB RAM, the Windows vista only can really work with Quad core 9300 series together with more than 2 GB RAM. Off course, you have to count enhanced display also, like HD 4850 or Nvidia 8600GT for minimum optimal performance and . Then this giant can run as fast as windows Xp as it is full with petrol and boosted by hydrogen + nitrogen + turbo charger. The price? That actually the main factor why this giant vista still walking in the darkness. Don`t surprise if some of people out there call VIsta as Me of NT.

Then, why this Windows 7 come out so soon? This is because Microsoft sees that people are starting to look into other alternative , like Ubuntu, or just simply go back to Windows Xp, which really can promise on stability and great performance even though its kernel safety is really suck no matter how many patch you fed him. Not good investment and reputation right?So, This Windows 7 will come out with lesser memory consumption while still remain the vista look. See? This is Microsoft. Sell it. see what happen. “Oh! got problem”.then come out with new backward thing in 2010. Done.

Windows 7 - New transform from slumpy Vista product or backward roadmap?

Microsoft has recently announced a new baby birth from Microsoft family, called Windows 7, which will be a predecessor for Windows Vista and Xp soon. Well, hearing this kind of thing would give a lot in mind. Why they have to come with new windows product very soon? Is the vista not good enough to sustain the requirement of global need? or the XP already run out of petrol so then they cannot boost further?

Any of the answer you might have if you browse the google website a little deep further. Most of the internet savvy said that the Vista is suck!. Is it true? Well, some is right and some of the little is not really actually. At the first time when Vista is launched, the current hardware cannot support this giant truck. Just imagine a giant Bigfoot try to walk on the half lane road. Really slow right. In fact, not as claimed by brother gates from Microsoft, who said that This kitty Vista will finely run with single Core and 512 MB RAM, the Windows vista only can really work with Quad core 9300 series together with more than 2 GB RAM. Off course, you have to count enhanced display also, like HD 4850 or Nvidia 8600GT for minimum optimal performance and . Then this giant can run as fast as windows Xp as it is full with petrol and boosted by hydrogen + nitrogen + turbo charger. The price? That actually the main factor why this giant vista still walking in the darkness. Don`t surprise if some of people out there call VIsta as Me of NT.

Then, why this Windows 7 come out so soon? This is because Microsoft sees that people are starting to look into other alternative , like Ubuntu, or just simply go back to Windows Xp, which really can promise on stability and great performance even though its kernel safety is really suck no matter how many patch you fed him. Not good investment and reputation right?So, This Windows 7 will come out with lesser memory consumption while still remain the vista look. See? This is Microsoft. Sell it. see what happen. “Oh! got problem”.then come out with new backward thing in 2010. Done.