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Windows 7 Secrets Free book chapter download

win7 secrets promo Windows 7 Secrets Free book chapter downloadHere is a free chapter from the book called Windows 7 Secrets. The book is written by Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera.

Go beyond the obvious and explore the secrets behind Windows 7 with this comprehensive guide. Leading authorities in the field expose the hidden functionality within the Windows 7 operating system, revealing everything from its new features and functionality to modifying the system to work for you. These expert tips and tricks will help you gain the skills you need to quickly go from a Windows 7 user to a Windows 7 expert.

Download it from here!

Paperback: 1104 pages
Publisher: Wiley (September 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470508418
ISBN-13: 978-0470508411

Windows 7 vs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard Comparison

Wanna see Windows 7 compared to Mac OS X Snow Leopard? Well have a look at Paul’s article over here.

Here is a small quote of his writings:

On the Windows side, Windows Vista was a major release of Windows, and a huge technological change from Windows XP. By comparison, Windows 7 is a fine-tuning of Windows Vista, a chance for Microsoft to delve into every single nook and cranny of the system, internally and externally, improving everything in ways large and small. The result is a wonderful update, but one that will be more dramatic to XP users than Vista users.

Mac OS X Leopard was the latest in a long list of evolutionary OS X upgrades that date back to the original OS X release in 2001. That first Mac OS X version was, as you’d expect, a major release. But Apple’s strategy has been to refine, refine, refine, and while they’ve marketed and sold each subsequent update as if it were a major release, none of them have been, not really. Snow Leopard continues this trend, but in even more explicit form, with Apple finally admitting with this release, for the first time, that it’s just fine-tuning what came before. But that’s just fine. Like Windows, Mac OS X is a mature operating system, and while my description of the previous several updates as minor release may rankle Apple fanatics, we can at least all agree that Mac OS X, today, is in good shape. Snow Leopard will be the best version yet, but it doesn’t change the Mac OS X user experience much at all.

Windows 7 Beta is here!

 


Windows 7 Beta was announced at CES 2009 and you can download it now.  I just did it from MSDN Subscripter downloads section.


Windows 7 home page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

Download info from the team:
http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/01/07/information-on-downloading-and-installing-windows-7-beta.aspx


Steve Ballmer’s keynote:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/jan09/01-07CES09PR.mspx


Keynote videos and WIndows 7 demo video:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/keynote.aspx?initialVideo=Windows7Democast