IE9 available tonight, not at noon today

Comment #10

jarasan — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:13:22 GMT

Todd you are right, there does come a time to say when.................I've been "condemning" anything that has Win2k Win98 or Win95 on it. I say "do you see a USB port anywhere.....?" Then they get it..time for the recycle at the dump. I think gaming leads the tech road thru consumer land.

Comment #9

jarasan — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:07:33 GMT

So anyway this P4 2.6Ghz 2GB runs XP SP3 perfectly. Instant renderings multiple sessions NP. the machine is dimension2400. Never reboots, no BSOD!!!! Why do I need Win7 and show my stuff on the TV, and IE9? So I can teach my homies how to get the Gaga. Recycle your old PCs to your local charities wipe your hard drives! IE9 is the Chromie.

Comment #8

GASMETERGUY — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:41:13 GMT

Seeing that my machine is XP, I guess I won't be going to IE9.

Comment #7

Todd — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:30:00 GMT

Oh, you fooled me!

Comment #6

truecritic — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:23:15 GMT

I could go on and say the same about some outdated Windows programs as well. There is no better email client than Outlook Express. It can be hacked into Win7 but it won't be stable. Windows Live Mail does not let you see source code - and email source code is part of nearly everyday for me.

Comment #5

Todd — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:32:12 GMT

My dual-CPU PowerPC-based Mac can attest to that quite nicely. It didn't even live past a single "tenth" of an OS upgrade. Microsoft, on the other hand, supports their older products far too long for most consumer usage. They do it because of their CORPORATE customers, who make up a huge chunk of their profits. That's why Windows XP is still supported more than a decade after it was released. Not because of you consumers, but because so many businesses have programs written... [ More ]

Comment #4

truecritic — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:10:22 GMT

"pull an Apple?" I am sure you just forgot. IE4 could not be used on Windows3 - could only be used for Windows3.1 and newer. And of course who could forget, NO full-screen DOS compatibility starting with Vista.

Comment #3

Todd — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:25:26 GMT

Yeah, about time they "pull an Apple" and force the masses upward!

Comment #2

jarasan — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:06:31 GMT

Looks like it won't run on anything less than Vista. Great! Fantastic!

Comment #1

jarasan — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:23:57 GMT

One of my customer machines had it at 7pm EST! Looks like Google's. It was a vista machine and it listed it as an important update. It hung at first but they hadn't done a flash update, a reader update, once these were updated and the machine rebooted it loaded and required one more reboot. It is a little over 19 Mb.! And it is definitely faster. Thaks for the heads up last week!!!!!!!!!

Original Blog Entry: IE9 available tonight, not at noon today

Todd — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:10:19 GMT

I realized that I goofed in a previous blog entry. IE9 will be available for download tonight, not at 12 noon today (Eastern Time) like I previously said.

The exact time it will be available for download is 12 midnight Eastern Time (9 p.m. Pacific Time), tonight (March 14).