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Windows 7 - IBM is moving to Firefox as its default browser |
07-02-2010
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#1 | | 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 Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8 Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24" , SyncMaster P2050 20" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 , 1440 x 900 PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache Internet Speed 20 + Mbps |
07-02-2010
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#2 | | 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 Motherboard Intel X58 Memory 6 x 2GB Corsair XMS3 Graphics Card CF HD4890 Sound Card Asus Xonar Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2408WFP Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard Razer Lycosa/N52te Mouse Razer Lachesis PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Antec 1200 Hard Drives 2 x 150GB WDC Velociraptors (Raid 0)
1 x 1TB Seagate
1 x 1.5TB Seagate |
07-02-2010
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#3 | | 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) Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT Sound Card Turtle Beach Audio Advantage Micro II USB Monitor(s) Displays HP 2009m(primary), Acer P191W Screen Resolution 1600x900, 1440x900 Keyboard Standard P/S 2 Mouse Logitech M-SBF90 PSU Antec Earthwatts EA500D Case Antec Sonata III Cooling 4 fans Hard Drives Internal:WD Caviar Black 640GB 32MB cache 7200RPM
External:Samsung Story Station 1TB HDD desktop drive
500GB Toshiba portable drive Other Info Netbook:
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) |
07-02-2010
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#4 | | 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 Motherboard Asus Crosshair IV Formula Memory 4.0GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Graphics Card AMD Radeon XFX HD6870 1GB Sound Card ATI High Definition Audio 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 |
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 Motherboard Intel 945 / Asus P6X58D-E Memory 4GB / 6GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS / ASUS 1GB Sound Card Whatever Dell gave me :-( / Onboard Monitor(s) Displays 15.4" LCD / Crappy CRT Mouse Microsoft Presenter (Bluetooth) PSU N/A / OCZ Fatal1ty 550W Modular Case N/A / Antec 900 Cooling Air Hard Drives Seagate 500GB SATA; 7200 RPM / Seagate 1TB SATA; 7200 RPM |
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 |
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 Sound Card SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio (Chip) Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VX 1962 wm Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 v10 USB Mouse Logitec optic USB Cooling Fan based Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80 GB
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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 Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS with Corsair cooler Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN. Screen Resolution 1920-1080 Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless 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
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KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12 |
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 Motherboard Gigabyte GA EP45-UD3LR 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 |
07-04-2010
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#10 | | 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 Mouse Logitech M510 PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell) Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 Cooling Stock fans for PC case, Cooler Master Hyper N520 for CPU Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
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