Microsoft Tuesday unveiled a plan to release six editions of Windows 7 and said all of them will run on a range of hardware, including netbooks. However, the company is emphasizing two main SKUs ...

A Microsoft Windows 7 installation disk can be tweaked to install any version of the operating system, giving users a “try-before-buy” opportunity before upgrading to a more expensive edition, a ...

yoshipod: Obligatory response: OS X costs $129 plus a Macintosh, which makes it far more expensive than OEM Windows on a new PC. When I can get OS X on a retail shelf, we'll look at the price ...

Microsoft will limit sales of some editions of Windows 7 to systems that use a low-powered single-core processor running no faster than 2GHz and screens no larger than 10.2 inches, TechARP.com ...

Last week, Microsoft unveiled retail pricing for Windows 7, the successor to Vista and Microsoft’s hope for a revival in operating system buzz. But as soon as the sheet was yanked off the price board, ...