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Windows Vista Named Best of CES
Friday, January 12th, 2007Today, the Windows Vista operating system has been selected by the editors at CNET as a winner of the "Best of CES 2007" award in the computers and hardware category at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Windows Vista, scheduled to be broadly available on Jan. 30, 2007, was honored for enhancements and innovations [...]
We dont need Vista after all?
Sunday, December 31st, 2006Now that we’re close to the public launch of Vista, a weird thing is happening in the blogosphere: people are starting to say that we don’t really need it after all. For so many years, XP was the exploit-riddled OS lacking in basic security measures and forcing 95% of computer users to fit in with [...]
Vista Wont End Windows XP Availability
Monday, December 25th, 2006I can’t count how many times people have asked me if Windows XP would be available on new PCs following Vista’s release. In the near term, the answer is as much a factor of user demand and OEM and system builder policies. That said, Microsoft will make Windows XP available for from 12 to 24 [...]
Microsoft Updates Windows Vista System Requirements
Thursday, December 21st, 2006Microsoft has updated its Get Ready Web site to include the minimum system requirements to run Windows Vista.
A Windows Vista Capable PC must include at least a CPU running at 800MHz, 512 MB of RAM, a DirectX 9 graphics card capable of at least 800×600, a CD-ROM drive and a 20 GB HDD with at [...]
Vista flaw could haunt Microsoft
Sunday, December 17th, 2006If you followed Microsoft in the 1990s, you knew it as a company that deftly moved from strength to strength, leveraging its dominance in one area of software to command other parts of the tech business. That company’s long gone, folks.
The latest evidence that Microsoft has lost its Midas Touch? Its bid for a bigger [...]
As Microsoft looks ahead, will Vista be the end of an era?
Thursday, December 14th, 2006It is the engine behind the largest personal fortune ever amassed. All-conquering but largely unloved, it has changed the daily lives of hundreds of millions — but Microsoft Windows, the Genghis Khan of computer operating systems, faces an uncertain future.
Vista, the latest version of Windows, was released for businesses last month. The consumer version comes [...]
Vista Minimum Requirements Unrealistic
Saturday, December 9th, 2006A white paper published this morning by hardware analysis firm iSuppli, based on its studies of Microsoft Windows Vista running on multiple grades of computer hardware, has concluded that the software publisher’s stated minimum requirements for the system — which include an 800 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 35 GB hard drive [...]
Windows Vista 30 day report card
Saturday, December 9th, 2006It’s been a month since Microsoft released Windows Vista to manufacturing. That same week, I upgraded three heavily used machines in this household to the final build. So, how have they done? Each upgrade has a different story to tell, as it turns out, and I’ll share the details in three separate follow-up posts. But [...]
Vista flaws are greatly exaggerated
Saturday, December 9th, 2006In an analysis of a network of Trojan-infested PCs used for sending spam, security researcher Joe Stewart at SecureWorks in Atlanta found last month that 99.95 percent of the "bot-net" machines were running Windows, nearly half of which were Windows XP with Service Pack 2. This service pack was released in 2004 to address security [...]
Half of American Business PCs Cant Run Vista
Thursday, December 7th, 2006About half of the average business PCs in North America are unable to meet the minimum requirements for Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system, while 94 percent do not meet the system requirements for Vista Premium.
