Paul Thurrott has just announced on he Windows Weekly podcast that Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional will be available for $33au ($29us) for students and teachers. This is an awesome deal and all you need to take advantage of this price is a .edu (or i assume .edu.au ) email address to verify that you work or study at a educational institution. Microsoft has always given very good deals for students with the academic and home and student editions of their products but this is going to be a fantastic deal that is sure to get a lot of students upgrading. This deal is meant to be going live October 1st so if you are a student and was thinking about pre-ordering your computer or Windows 7 then definitely hang off until they go live with the web site http://www.win741.com/ to order the software.
Source http://twit.tv/ww123 Episode 123 link is not up yet but it will be soon.
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Australia,
Education,
Windows 7
iFixit.com has just done a tear down of the new Microsoft Zune HD so if you want to see what it looks like with its cover off head over to the site.
“Warning some picture may be disturbing to some viewers as you get to see a full frontal shot of the Zune HD with all its cover off.”
Microsoft Zune HD Teardown – iFixit
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Zune HD
Paul Thurott has just published a comparison of the Zune HD vs. iPod Touch so I have put the comparison chart below with what I think the winner of each category highlighted in green.
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Feature
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Zune HD
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iPod touch
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Availability
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US only
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Worldwide
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Price/capacity
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$220 – 16 GB
$290 – 32 GB
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$300 – 32 GB
$400 – 64 GB
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Available colors
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Black
Platinum
Red
Green
Blue
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Black
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Case customization
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Custom colors, case designs via Zune Originals (online)
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Text engraving from Apple Store (online)
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Size
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52.7 mm x 102.1 mm x 8.9 mm
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61.8 mm x 110 mm x 8.5 mm
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Weight
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2.6 ounces
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4.05 ounces
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Battery life
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Music: up to 33 hours
Video: up to 8.5 hours
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Music: up to 30 hours
Video: up to 6 hours
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Charge time (A/C adapter)
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2 hours
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4 hours
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Charge time (USB/PC)
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3 hours
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4 hours
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Screen
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3.3 inch, 16:9 OLED display
480 x 272
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3.5 inch, LCD display
480 x 320
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Multi-touch capable
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Yes
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Yes
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Accelerometer
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Yes
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Yes
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CPU
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NVIDIA Tegra
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Samsung ARM
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Video output
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720p HD (requires optional AV Dock)
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480p SD (standard definition, requires optional cables or dock) (576p SD internationally)
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Radio
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FM and HD Radio
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n/a
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Wi-Fi
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Yes (802.11b/g)
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Yes (802.11b/g)
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Wireless access to online store
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Yes
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Yes
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Content available from online store
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Music, podcasts, TV shows, movies, applications
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Music, podcasts, TV shows, movies, audiobooks, applications
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Number of available apps
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9
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over 75,000
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Subscription music service
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Zune Pass, $14.99/month
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n/a
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Audio format support
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MP3, WMA, Protected WMA, WMA Lossless, AAC, Audible
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MP3, AAC, Protected AAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, Audible
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Video format support
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H.264, MPEG-4, WMV, DVR-MS (transcoded)
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H.264, MPEG-4
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Speaker(s)
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n/a
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1
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App: Photo viewing
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Yes
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Yes
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App: Web browser
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Yes
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Yes
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App: Email
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No
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Yes
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App: Calendar
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No
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Yes
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App: Contacts
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No
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Yes
|
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App: Email
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No
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Yes
|
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App: Weather
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Yes
|
Yes
|
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App: Clock
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Yes
|
Yes
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App: Calculator
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Yes
|
Yes
|
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App: You Tube
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No
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Yes
|
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App: Voice recording
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No
|
Yes
|
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App: Stocks
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No
|
Yes
|
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App: Notes
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No
|
Yes
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To see the original go to Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Zune HD vs. iPod touch: The Definitive Comparison
Tags:
iPod,
Zune HD
Looks the Xbox 360 will be getting a 802.11n WiFi adapter before Christmas.
Xbox 360 802.11n WiFi adapater floats through the FCC
Technorati Tags:
Xbox 360,
WiFi,
802.11n
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802.11n,
Xbox 360
Paul Thurrott has just announced on he Windows Weekly podcast that Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional will be available for $33au ($29us) for students and teachers. This is an awesome deal and all you need to take advantage of this price is a .edu (or i assume .edu.au ) email address to verify that you work or study at a educational institution. Microsoft has always given very good deals for students with the academic and home and student editions of their products but this is going to be a fantastic deal that is sure to get a lot of students upgrading. This deal is meant to be going live October 1st so if you are a student and was thinking about pre-ordering your computer or Windows 7 then definitely hang off until they go live with the web site http://www.win741.com/ to order the software.
