Microsoft distributor mum on Windows 7 sales view
Thursday, October 22, 2009
LOCAL Microsoft distributor was yesterday noncommittal on how well sales of Windows 7 will fare in the Sultanate as the IT giant's latest operating system is released worldwide today.
When asked on their sales forecast, Arjuna Ranasinghe, TechOneGlobal general manager, said, "It's too early to tell."
The sole authorised Microsoft distributor in Brunei yesterday briefed over 70 representatives of local resellers and official Microsoft partners on the new features built into Windows 7.
Microsoft designed Windows 7 to speed up applications on machines with Intel multicore chips, resulting in better overall system performance and less power consumption. It is also the first time that Microsoft has not doubled system requirements for Windows with a new release. The Windows XP to Windows Vista upgrade in 2007 required users to have faster processors and more memory, but Windows 7 can run on a range of hardware, from netbooks to servers.
Some of the new features include a revamped taskbar, which Microsoft has renamed the "superbar".
It's a great feature, said Akfash Latibu, the manager of training solutions at TechOneGlobal. "It's more visible and you can pin and unpin your favourite applications and mostly used applications on to the superbar you don't have to search them anymore."
Other features include the "Aero Snap", which automatically adjusts any two open documents for a comparison view by simply dragging the windows to the extreme corners of the desktop. The "Aero Peek" allows the user to peek through applications which are open in the superbar rather than having to open them, and allows users to have a preview of those opened programs.
"BitLocker To Go" is a new security feature that prevents data theft by encrypting USB drives. The Brunei Times
When asked on their sales forecast, Arjuna Ranasinghe, TechOneGlobal general manager, said, "It's too early to tell."
The sole authorised Microsoft distributor in Brunei yesterday briefed over 70 representatives of local resellers and official Microsoft partners on the new features built into Windows 7.
Microsoft designed Windows 7 to speed up applications on machines with Intel multicore chips, resulting in better overall system performance and less power consumption. It is also the first time that Microsoft has not doubled system requirements for Windows with a new release. The Windows XP to Windows Vista upgrade in 2007 required users to have faster processors and more memory, but Windows 7 can run on a range of hardware, from netbooks to servers.
Some of the new features include a revamped taskbar, which Microsoft has renamed the "superbar".
It's a great feature, said Akfash Latibu, the manager of training solutions at TechOneGlobal. "It's more visible and you can pin and unpin your favourite applications and mostly used applications on to the superbar you don't have to search them anymore."
Other features include the "Aero Snap", which automatically adjusts any two open documents for a comparison view by simply dragging the windows to the extreme corners of the desktop. The "Aero Peek" allows the user to peek through applications which are open in the superbar rather than having to open them, and allows users to have a preview of those opened programs.
"BitLocker To Go" is a new security feature that prevents data theft by encrypting USB drives. The Brunei Times
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