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Windows 7 - IBM is moving to Firefox as its default browser
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07-02-2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
IBM is moving to Firefox as its default browser
Quote: I talk a lot about software in this blog but most of the discussion is at the personal level: I tried this, I experimented with that. I hardly ever talk about what I use for doing my IBM business and more rarely still do I talk about IBM’s internal policies about software use. This entry is different, and gives you a bit of a view inside the company.
Like many individuals and members of organizations, IBMers use their browsers a lot for conducting business. Our desktop and laptop software environments have some common applications but also software specific to do our various jobs. And these jobs are varied, as there are about 400,000 IBM employees around the world.
Some of the software we all use shouldn’t surprise you since we make it, such as Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime, and Lotus Symphony.
We’re officially adding a new piece of software to the list of default common applications we expect employees to use, and that’s the Mozilla Firefox browser. Source
A Guy | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
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07-02-2010
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Win7 HP (x64)/Win7 Ultimate (x64) |
Thanks for the link A Guy
Regards  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Win7 HP (x64)/Win7 Ultimate (x64)
CPU Core i7 920
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1 x 1TB Seagate
1 x 1.5TB Seagate
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07-02-2010
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Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1, Win 7 Home Premium 32-bit SP1 |
Glad to see IBM agrees with me on a browser!  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
OS Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1, Win 7 Home Premium 32-bit SP1
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 clocked @ 3.924 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Memory 2x 2GB OCZ DDR II SDRAM PC2-6400 (400MHz)
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ASUS Eee PC 1215P Intel Atom N550 dual-core(1.50GHz) Processor, 12.1" WXGA (1366x768) LED Display, 1GB DDR3 Memory, 250GB Hard Drive, High-speed 802.11n, 6-Cell Battery (47 W/h) for up to 8 Hours of Battery Life, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (just added 4GB Class 10 SDHC for ReadyBoost)
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07-02-2010
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MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
Chrome all day long for me. | | My System Specs | | OS MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU AMD Penom II X4 965 3.4GHz Black Edition
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Memory 4.0GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Graphics Card AMD Radeon XFX HD6870 1GB
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Monitor(s) Displays 22" LG Flatron E225V / 40" Sony KDL-40V4000
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 / 1920 x 1080
PSU Corsair Profesional Series HX850W
Case Corsair Obsidian 800D
Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H50 CPU Cooler
Hard Drives 1.5TB & 500GB Seagates, 1TB Hitachi USB External
Internet Speed 10mbps
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07-02-2010
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Reasonable decision.
Sometimes I wish IBM worked on improving it too. Maybe it would be as fast as Chrome. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Inspiron 1520 (Laptop)/ Home (Desktop)
OS Windows 7 x64 / Same
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 / Intel Core i7 930
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Cooling Air
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07-02-2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by noobvious  Glad to see IBM agrees with me on a browser! same here!  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Presario CQ60-215DX
OS Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU 2 AMD Athlon 64 X2
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G graphics
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07-02-2010
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit |
I'm years ahead of IBM. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM Motherboard Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5
Memory 2.50 GB RAM
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
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Cooling Fan based
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ST380215A ATA Device 18.6 GB
Western Digital "My Book" external hard drive 750 GB
Internet Speed 3.01 Mb/s download 0.64 Mb/s upload
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07-03-2010
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#8 | |
windows 7 home premium 64/SP1 |
I think I.E. just got slapped in the face. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made
OS windows 7 home premium 64/SP1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
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Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
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07-03-2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear I think I.E. just got slapped in the face. It was more like a kick in the backside | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Built Custom Computer.
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU QX6850 Quad Extreme
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Memory 6Gig DDR2-800
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (512 MB)
Sound Card Creative Audigy SE (SB0570) Sound Card
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW222 [22" LCD]
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech illuminated keyboard
Mouse Logitech MX620
PSU Corsair TX 750watt
Case Coolermaster Haf - X
Cooling Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler
Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 60GB SSD
3xWestern Digital Caviar Green 1tb
Internet Speed Cable = speeds to 20Mbps downsteam and 512kbps upsteam
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07-04-2010
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
I always loved Firefox over anything else but I must say, by using Chrome on my friend's computer, I must say that Chrome would be my second choice. But here's my hunches concerning Chrome...
1. All-In-One menu à la Internet Explorer
2. Options windows and etc opens in a tab. Prefer a Window.
3. Tabs on top of address bar
4. Don't like download manager. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 950 3.06 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Memory Corsair XSM3 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GTX460 Factory Overclocked
Sound Card HT-Omega Claro 7.1
Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW246H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite
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PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell)
Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62
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Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
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