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Test Center Benchmarks: Windows 7 Unmasked

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Overview Windows 7 was finally unveiled last month at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Through a series of well-orchestrated keynote presentations and supporting breakout sessions, Microsoft walked conference attendees through the highlights of its new desktop OS: better performance, an improved user experience, and some nifty media-sharing features. Overall, Microsoft's pitch was quite compelling, and the PDC crowd was practically salivating at the chance to play with Microsoft's latest and greatest.

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Publisher	Infoworld	File Format	HTML
Date Published	November 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Windows 7

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