Posts Tagged windows 7

Microsoft’s mobile device strategy – a suggestion

For Windows to have any chance of competing with Android and iOS, Microsoft should rethink their strategy on the tablet/slate form factor. Hardware-wise, the Asus EEE Pad proves that it is possible to run Win7 on a pad/slate. However there are two other important things that distinguish the slate experience from the desktop experience which [...]


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Multiple partitions with Windows 7 and OS X side-by-side install

When installing Windows and OS X side by side using Apple’s recommended Boot Camp technique, you can only use one partition for Windows.  If, like me, you need multiple partitions for Windows, you have to do it another way.  The first thing to understand is that Boot Camp Assistant is not at all necessary for [...]


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Installing Windows 7 on a Modbook / Macbook

My Modbook from OCW took less than five days to arrive.  Less than five days after receiving it, it also saw a ~USD100 price drop.  Lol!  Can’t win ‘em all. So anyway, one of the priorities was to get Windows working on this machine.  Since the Modbook has 4GB on it, I elected to install [...]


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