Windows XP

A recent Ars Technica article points to a recent study from Mindteck which analyzed the “greenness” of Windows 7 as compared to Windows XP. The company looked at power consumption in various scenarios (sleep, idle, low and high use, etc.) to determine how much better Windows 7 did (or did not) fare…

Remember Royale Blue, Luna, Luna Silver and even the Zune XP desktop themes? Those feeling nostalgic for XP’s old-school looks may be interested to know that all of these have been ported, unofficially of course, to the Windows 7 platform. Over on the independent design community DeviantArt, a user…

The How-to Geek just uncovered an app that brings Windows 7’s AeroSnap feature to older operating systems including Windows XP and Vista. This feature, a popular new option in the Windows 7 OS, automatically resizes your windows when you move them from one side of the screen to the other. For…

One of the things I really like about Windows 7 is the inclusion of a virtualized Windows XP. I use this at home quite a bit for playing very old games and as a quarantine sandbox for suspect files. Well if you ever wanted to know much more about Windows XP Mode, Ars Technica has a great in-depth…

Phil Lieberman from Lieberman Software talked with us at PDC 2009 about their business, being a Microsoft partner and also the benefits of getting your product certified. Be sure to watch to the end to hear the great comment Phil makes about Windows XP and Windows 7.Enjoy the show!John…

When you buy Windows 7 (pro or ultimate) you get Windows XP "virtualized" for free. What this means that if you are web developer you can finally have IE6, IE7, IE8 all running alongside each other as hardware support virtual applications. More details at  bit.ly/virtualXP

For the majority of geeks the most nerve racking part of installing a new OS is ensuring that you've successfully backed up all your files and settings before hand. Trying to remember all the little nooks and crannies on your seven hard drives and 19 partitions where you squirreled away data can…

Over at IStartedSomething.com, Long has a very cool post about a company called Better Place. In addition to a nice TED presentation, Better Place as a better face for the average car GPS as part of their electric car system mentioned at TED. This GPS uses a Windows XP install to provide the WPF,…

Shuttle, makers of small form factor computers and accessories, have just introduced the latest addition to their product line, the Shuttle X50, a new all-in-one PC. The X50 integrates touch into its design, letting you interact with it via either a finger or the included stylus. It also has a…

By now, you’ve surely seen the new Windows 7 taskbar which is one of the biggest UI changes in the upcoming OS. If you want to get a taste of that experience on your XP machine, you can check out Iconizer, a third party application that revamps the taskbar on XP PCs. The app changes the way the…