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Microsoft Might Sell Windows 7 On Flash Drives, Spare Netbook Owners Needless Pain [Windows 7]
Gizmodo —
CNET has a source saying Microsoft is considering selling Windows 7 on flash drives, making installation on netbooks—a declared target for the OS—much simpler. In case you were wondering, Microsoft, this would be greatly appreciated. [CNET]
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Netbook owners may be able to buy Windows 7 on a thumb drive
CrunchGear —
Microsoft has an interesting problem on the horizon in trying to persuade netbook owners to upgrade to Windows 7 when said netbook owners’ netbooks don’t have optical drives. What’s a giant software company to do?
According to CNET, “Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive” as one of a few possible solutions. I, for one, applaud the death of optical media so I like this idea almost as much as one of the other ideas: make it downloadable.
Two additional solutions: use an external optical drive (NO!) or “through a service such as Best Buy’s Geek Squad” (I’d rather die a ...
Windows 7 on Flash Drives? Maybe
jkOnTheRun —
The hot netbook phenomenon has brought to light for consumers a problem that enthusiasts have been wrestling with for years. How do you upgrade the OS on computers that don’t have optical drives? Like I said, this is nothing new for those of us who have been working without optical drives, but as the Windows 7 release draws near, those who have picked up a Windows XP equipped netbook are wondering how they can easily upgrade to Win 7 when it’s released.
Hobbyists have long been performing OS upgrades using USB sticks. It’s not a difficult process but does require a certain amount of technical savvy. The most difficult part of the process ...
Windows 7: Thumb Drive Edition?
I4U News —
... on netbooks. And yet, actually loading Windows 7 onto a netbook is a highly inconvenient task. Netbooks have no CD or DvD drives (disks are so last century) so in order to load Windows 7 you have to either get an external drive, or use your desktop to load the files onto a flash drive and get them over to your netbook. It's not an agonizing process by any means, but it is a lot more of a pain in the butt than just slipping a CD into the drive. That, however, could change very soon. Cnet just reported that Microsoft is considering selling Windows 7 loaded onto thumb drives. ...
Microsoft May Sell Windows 7 on Flash Drives [Windows 7]
Lifehacker —
[image] With Windows 7 pre-orders on sale today, CNET is reporting that Microsoft is considering selling Windows 7 on flash drives to help make installation on netbooks easier, and it's reportedly one of several incentives the company may offer to users without CD/DVD drives. While no official announcement has been made, we're wondering if you'd take a pre-loaded, presumably protected USB stick over a disc for your next upgrade. Share your reasons or rejections in the comments. [via Gizmodo ; photo via bfishadow ]
Windows 7 could be sold on thumb drives, but probably not
Engadget —
... As you know, Windows 7 pre-orders begin today (unless you're lucky enough to be in Europe, that is). This of course begs the question: what is a Win7-aspiring netbook owner to do? External optical drives are pretty kludgey, in our estimation, and trip to the Geek ...
Windows 7 onto USB flash drives
D' Technology Weblog —
Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive to allow Netbook owners to more easily upgrade their machines. The move, which is still under consideration, is one of several things Microsoft has looked at to try to make it convenient to upgrade machines that don't come with a CD or DVD drives. Although a USB flash drive could offer the simplest way to move a Netbook to Windows 7, there are other options. Buyers with an external drive could hook up that to their Netbook, while another option would be an upgrade through a service such as Best Buy's Geek Squad. Microsoft also sells a downloadable ...
Microsoft Considers Shipping Windows 7 On USB Flash Drives
OhGizmo! —
By Chris Scott Barr
Lets say that you purchased yourself a new netbook not long ago, and come this fall you decide to upgrade to Windows 7. How exactly are you planning on doing that without an optical drive? Sure, with you being the tech-savvy customer, you won’t have too much trouble doing this. Of course not every person is going to have such an easy time, which is why Microsoft is considering releasing the next version of Windows on a USB flash drive.
I’m glad to hear that Microsoft is considering this alternative installation method. Granted, users can download their copy of Windows, but not everyone wants to mess with it. The USB ...
Rumour: Windows 7 moves to USB drives
COGADGET —
A new rumour has been flourished that Microsoft is planing a third alternative to sale out the copies of Windows 7 through USB drives. There are two ways to move Windows 7 without buying a computer right now- via retail or via download to Microsoft users using either Windows XP or Vista but they are seeking an alternative by which Windows 7 can be thumbed into USB drives.
This third solution to upgrade your operating system is convenient for those user who doesn’t have DVD burner in their netbooks and obviously, to upgrade to Windows 7, installation from USB is much faster than from DVD. But USB drives are more ...
