In the survey, in which feedback from over 1000 IT administration was received, show that nearly 60 percent businesses have no plan to adopt Windows 7. Scrip Logic was the company who conducted that survey in which 1000 responses were received out of 20,000 survey that were distributed.

Nearly one third of survey respondent told that they were planning to deploy by the end of next year, and nearly 5.4% said that they are considering moving to Windows 7 by the end of this year. Nearly 60% responded said that they had no plans at that time, however, there are chances that some of them would move to the new OS.

The survey tells about the impact of tough economic conditions on various businesses, as most of businesses said that their tight budget didn’t allow them to adopt the new operating system.

Source: news.cnet

This new Service Pack 2 is the latest service pack for Windows Vista as well as for Windows Server 2008 and they will support almost all types of emerging and existing hardware standards and that includes all kinds of the updates that were delivered after the SPI.

The deployments for developers, consumers and all types of IT professionals have also been simplified.

Source: engadget

Advent AIO200, a brand by PC World, is elegant and impressive, slim and sleek. It sits on a desk top without covering much space. Specifically designed as a home PC it looks like a prototype of Apple’s iMac.

An ‘all-in-one’ computer with different specifications but little offering for up gradation is a good effort from PC World. Though the looks are similar to iMac, it still is attractive. With only the web cam; 1.3mp, on the front screen and a few logos, it looks quite impressive.

Its unique selling point is its discreetness in the front panel. Most of the offerings are at the back side with four USB ports, an extra pair of audio jacks, Gigabit Ethernet and the antenna output for the analog/hybrid DVBT TV tuner.
These features however are not accompanied with S/PDIF output, or any eSATA ports.

The right side of the front has a DVD writer, headphone and microphone jacks. It has a pair of USB ports, a 3-in-1 card reader and adjustment controls for LCD brightness and audio. The sound of the speakers is not impressive though. With an unclear and heavy bass, the treble option is too weak to make the sound shrill and clear.

Yet the appearance makes it a captivating item for the market, especially in black color. It gets an add-up with quality graphics and the small space it covers on the desktop. They beauty is discreet too which is another attraction for the style crazy buyers.

All the required sockets and additional ports are arranged around the back side panel minimizing the area it covers. The front screen is a 22 inches wide panel.

The resolution of the screen is 1,680 x 1,050 projects a sharp and precise graphic display. Clear color definition and precise picture, that’s what the screen offers to enjoy.

Along with so many positives for the screen and display, negative marking is there too. The glossy finish is somewhat preventing it from being called as a top quality item.

Screen viewing angles are not taken care of too. The sharp and clear picture can only be enjoyed if the viewer is sitting in exact accordance. Otherwise be ready to see the graphics in ‘negative’ picture viewing option.

Advent further specifies with Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor which has 4 cores running 2.33MHz . It has been supported by 2GB of RAM. All these make Advent a 2D benchmark score of 1.33, which is not speedy enough to compete with the prevalent desk top market leaders.

The slow speed can’t be an issue as it is able to handle all the demanding desktop items that a laptop runs. But due to this, it can’t get a rank of a gaming machine. AdventIO200 runs only 23fps (frames per second) which is scarcely ideal for a game. Though, it is said to be better than the market giant; Sony.

For graphics support Advent comes with Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS 256MB GPU. The hard drive is 500GB, Intel 3945ABG 802.11abg WLAN, coming with Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit; it has a lot more than any other all-in-one computing machines in the market.

The keyboard is of quality too, and can work for years without problem, but it doesn’t provide any media operating options. But to mention, the mouse is not a standard one. The AdventIO200 is offered with a 1 year warranty.
All in all, it is stylish, compact and easy to operate and manage. It would be better if it is improved in the lacking areas too.

Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Home Premium are the two main versions about which the Software maker looks quite keen to talk about, but you shouldn’t think that only few versions are out there, as there are 5 in UK and 6 worldwide. Aside from that there are some nice implications for netbooks as well.

The main changes, which have been made on partners and customers feedback, are that every high-end version of the operating system will get all those features that exist in lower end versions. For instance, you will find all those features of Windows 7 professionals that have been made available in Windows 7 Home Premium.

It wasn’t so in Windows Vista, as Media Center was available in Home Premium, but not in Vista Business.

Though Microsoft looks quite eager to convince us that you can simply choose from Professional and Home Premium, lots of other versions are available as well. Now Home Basic version has replaced Starter Edition in the emerging markets. Starter Edition used to available in such locations traditionally.

However, Starter will be made available quite widely, but it’s still limited to only three open applications and this limitation would cause poor performance of the Windows on some netbook.

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