Windows Weekly 127: Hasta La Vista Baby

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Topics

Windows 7 Launch
Kiley was there
Focus on simplification, efficiency, performance
A ton of new PCs of all kinds
Excellent deals to be had in the coming days
Some launch day numbers from Microsoft
Amazon: Windows 7 preorders better than those of XP and Vista combined
People actually stood in line for this one
And... Good news on the clean upgrade
Related: I'm heading to my own Windows 7 launch party after this recording
Office 2010 public beta in November
Twitter coming to Microsoft, Google search
Facebook coming to Microsoft
Critical tech
We use and even recommend hardware and software on an ongoing basis. But only some of it really sticks. Here are the ones that have made the biggest impact in the year or so (for me): Windows Home Server, Kindle, iPhone, Last Pass
Do you have anything like this? Hardware/software you just can't live without?


Tip of the Week

Speed Up Zune Marketplace Searches - In IE, navigate to Tools, Internet Options, and then the Connection tab. Click the LAN settings button and then uncheck "Automatically detect settings.

Software Pick of the Week

Media Player Classic Home Cinema - A continuation of the well-regarded Media Player Classic, Great for video watching, Supports H.264/VC-1, plays virtually anything, Minimal system footprint, Native 64-bit executable for Windows Vista/7 x64

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[2nd3rd1st]

And thin Leo.

[ItsZackk]

Wow, this brings back memories! Thanks for the post(:

[williamgarrison]

A co-worker of mine, Jerry, is sitting in studio across from Kiki in this episode.

[SovereignJeff]

This is one of those episodes that is quite funny in places, just Paul and Leo being themselves.