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Will Dell start selling Windows 7 computers before the end of 2009?
[ Most Likely ]
No Win 7 computers in 2009
(65% chance)
With all the stability and software compatibility issues, Windows Vista really gave Windows a bad name. It was so bad that Microsoft decided to tell everyone it is actively working on the next big pro...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
Do You think that Microsoft Windows Seven will be out for 2010 ?
Or are they going to be late like they did for every new Windows Version...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
Multitouch hyped, then cut from Windows 7
[ Most Likely ]
Win7 not shipped on close date
(60% chance)
Microsoft has demoed a multitouch interface for its "real-soon-now" windows 7 this week.
This prediction says that like WinFS for Longhorn/Vista, multitouch will be hyped up as a great part of windo...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
Inspired by this announcement from Microsoft:
http://www.betanew...
Microsoft just announced that they will make the Windows side of Live online multi-player gaming free, which originally cost $7.9...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
Unanswered
Will Asus stop selling Linux version of its Eee PC in 2008?
[ Predicted ]
No, Eee PC for Linux lives on
(74% chance)
At the CeBIT convention in Germany the other week, Asus unveiled a new edition of their flash-based Eee sub-notebook PC, nominally running a custom version of Xandros Linux. New models, Asus said, wil...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
Unanswered
Microsoft Windows 7, the next version of Windows, is scheduled for public release in Jan 2010. It promises to fix most of the problems in Windows Vista. And recently, Microsoft releases a pre-beta ve...
[ Closed ] on 2008-11-28 EST,
Unanswered
There can be no doubt that Vista is a trainwreck. But opinions vary a great deal about whether or not is has damaged the brand "Windows" and the market share of Windows in the OS market.
Some people...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST,
Unanswered
Will Microsoft Open-Source Any of Its Software by 2009?
[ Predicted ]
None of the above
(64% chance)
The Open Source Census, a project aiming to tally usage data on open source software in business and use that tally as a way to promote more corporate use of open source software, just signed up a surp...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
Unanswered
On the official blog of Google Mac, the staff commented about its new web browser on Mac,
"The initial public beta release of Chromium (the open source project for Google Chrome) builds and runs on ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST,
Unanswered
Google's Android operating system threatens to challenge the traditional methods of interacting with mobile phones represented by the likes of Symbian and Windows Mobile. The first prototype of an And...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-28 EDT
Microsoft plans to halt all online Updates for Windows 98,perhaps Win2000, and Windows XP.To try to stop pirating,and to push Vista sales up.
[ Scored ] on 2008-08-18 EDT
Will you get Windows XP if you buy a new PC in Q3 2008?
[ Predicted ]
Buy PC with Vista
(49% chance)
According to the news, Microsoft will stop selling Windows XP in a week time from most retail outlet and OEM. It means it becomes harder and more expensive to downgrade your computer from Vista to XP....
[ Closed ] on 2008-07-24 EDT,
Unanswered
Mobile Firefox Prediction: Which mobile operating system will it first run on?
[ Predicted ]
Linux
(62% chance)
Mozilla announced that its mobile firefox (supposed to release in 2008) will run on Symbian, Windows mobile and Linux based mobile phone. Since the current Firefox source code is built on Linux and Wi...
[ Closed ] on 2008-07-01 EDT,
Unanswered
Will Microsoft extend the Jun 30, 07 deadline for OEM to sell Win XP Computer?
[ End Result ]
It did not happen
Because Windows Vista weren't selling since its release in early 2007. Computer OEMs had a hard time selling PC with Vista. So they requested Microsoft to extend the deadline for selling XP machine t...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-08 EDT
This prediction is inspired by this news:
"OLPC to scrap Linux for Windows"
http://www.theinqu...
"IN A SOMEWHAT shocking revelation, One Laptop Per Child has said that they might dump Linux from th...
[ Scored ] on 2008-07-03 EDT
