For a hardware site you talk a lot of software XD jk

Great show!

iPhone fantatics :O
well have you guys seen the new Samsung i7500? totaly beats the iPhone 3G/S why? a proper 5MP Camera, a proper OLED display, a open source os that allows you to INSTALL any app you find online, regardless of source, unlike iphone that just locks you into appstore/apple

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/samsung-i7500-oled-handset-power...

^^

Shadow copy is a Vista Business and Ultimate feature. So, this isn't actually something to which most Vista users have access.

I wonder if they'll be smart and include it on Windows 7 Home.

Windows XP Professional does have a service called Shadow Copy.

I know because i always go through and disable services i dont need on my computers... according to wikipedia it is part of NTBackup which is included in XP professional.

So you guys should really go through your list of services A) to know your system better and B) each one you turn off may reduce start up times and the number of context switches your OS has to do.

Thanks for making that mid-session transition smoother.

People act as if the Snow Leopard pricing is what Apple has always done. The $29 is an exception, assuming because Snow Leopard is a small refinement of Leopard. The previous pricing of $129 for point releases would have been a much better target for Microsoft to shoot for. It is also a price point that I think better reflects what Windows 7 is to Vista and what previous OS X point releases have been.

They should have also created only two products... Home and Professional. Home should be what it is except add the nice back up features. $129 for Home $199 for Professional. Simple, would have created a better reception, had a market precedent for pricing. $50 cheaper for upgrades.

First, Cyril, congratulations on the engagement!

The licensing does allow Windows 7 purchasers to downgrade to Vista I believe. Unlike the Windows XP downgrade rights, downgrade rights to Vista do not expire.

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/windows_7_downgrade_rig...

Re 64-bit, I don't think Intel intends to launch 64-bit processors across the board any time soon. It's my understanding that even with the Pine Trail/Moorestown/Sodaville generation (built around Lincroft), Intel intends to keep the majority of those processors 32-bit, just like the Diamondville netbook chips along with all Silverthorne processors; only two Atom processors -- the nettop ones, 230 and 330 -- are 64-bit.

Re Vista Previous Versions, it was widely advertised in articles on Vista, but it's just that the hype machine isn't as interested in what Microsoft's doing as in what Apple's doing. :p (FWIW the foundations of it, Volume Shadow Service, originated in Windows XP and were substantially enhanced in Windows Server 2003 -- and also allow programs like hobocopy to create snapshots that they can copy files off, in case applications are updating those files at the same time, so the set of files you get is really a snapshot in time.)

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/17127
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yup.. everyone is a spoiled brat.