Microsoft Windows 7's Success Should Thank Apple
A recent survey from "PC World" report found that more than half of the software developers have been developing applications for the Windows 7,and 80% of the developers will do so within the next year. A ironic that Microsoft should be grateful to Apple in attracting developer interest in the new operating system. Embarcadero Technologies said "Spurred in part by the rising popularity of Windows 7 features like Touch and Multi-Touch technology, more software developers are developing applications for", which survey of 606 developers, architects and analysts in May.
Embarcadero said, Even Microsoft's Tablet PC to market has blocked, Apple iPhone and iPad or successfully promote touch-based technologies now available in Windows 7. Report from Embarcadero said, "When asked which Windows 7 features they are most excited about integrating into their applications, nearly 40% said Touch, Multi-touch and gestures input, while 27% said enhanced graphics, animations and Windows Imaging Component, and 24% said ribbon controls," The popularity will soon become indisputable in developers.
The finding suggests customers' enthusiasm have toward Windows 7, especially compared to the defeat in the Microsoft Vista system. But Steve Jobs is producing iPhones with faulty antennas, Windows 7 is able to sell at least 7 copies per second. Since the success of Windows 7, Microsoft's customer satisfaction rose to a new high in recent years. However, for Windows 7 is not the end of the game, after all, Vista was a hot seller when it first came out.Now Microsoft has to capitalize on this early success on Windows 7.
Microsoft to Release Windows 7 SP1 in 1H 2011
When Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to SP1 will be released is a topic of concern for those who plan to upgrade their windows. Microsoft released a public beta of SP1 last week, which using the internal test mode. Although Microsoft has said repeatedly that users can deploy the new system no need to wait for SP1. Microsoft published a FAQ at TechNet, made it clear that SP1 will be released in 1H 2011.
Microsoft has said many times, Windows 7 SP1 does not add new features, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 only adds two virtual functions. In fact, Windows 7 SP1 includes a number of Microsoft Windows updates and new functions that security patches didn't provide. But Microsoft called the function "improvements" rather than new features. These features "improvements" includes more third-party services to support and enhance the HDMI audio device support, and XPS printing support.
The Excited Sales News for Microsoft Win7
Microsoft released fourth-quarter Financial reports, said that the sales of Win7 is more than 175 million copies In just 9 months, making it the fastest-selling operating system ever. Official Windows 7 was released on October 22nd last year. Just released, the sales rate reached 234 percent of Vista, and market share came up to 10 percent in February this year. Microsoft announced that Windows 7 had reached 150 million copies sold, that's to say 7 copies per second.
We know that 175 million copies is amazing figure, average monthly sales of Windows 7 up to nearly 20 million copies. Strong growth in sales of Windows 7 indicates that the desktop will not be out shortly. And Microsoft has confirmed that the open the new promotional slogans to promote Windows 7, nameed "Be what's next."
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Windows 7 64-bit Become The Most Popular Operate System in Steam Ranking
As we know Steam OS ranking is different from other data analysis companies because Steam stands for game player's point of view. The latest data report shows that, Windows 7 64 bit is the most popular player system, share of 30.32 percent, that's to say it increases 3.67 percent from last month. Second place is "old" Windows XP 32bit, still 30.17 percent share. And 32-bit Windows 7 is only 11.54 percent of the players favor.
Mac OS also have considerable gains in this list, both version 10.6.3 and version10.5.8 are in the ranking, but the share is much less than Windows.
Microsoft to Improve Windows 8 Voice Control Function
According to some reports, Microsoft's Windows group is stepping up development of the company's next-generation operating system Windows 8, and planning to substantial improvements. As we all know, compared to Windows Vista, Windows 7 is not lot of change, but made improvements in performance, security, simplified features. A few days ago, Microsoft said they will release a significant update Windows 8, which means there will be a substantial improvement.
In accordance with Microsoft's plans, Windows 8 will be officially released in 2012, which will include features of "face recognition login", "a key to restore the backup", "Windows Store App Store", and so on. No doubt, in addition to these features, the Microsoft Windows 8 will improve the natural user interface (NUI) synchronously. The multi-touch technology is only a part of Windows NUI, which also includes voice recognition capabilities.
In Microsoft Windows 7 also provides a complete voice recognition feature, users can completely control the computer by voice, of course, we can use touch and voice operations. Let's look forward to the new Windows 8, to enjoy the perfect voice control function out of the traditional PC experience.