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OQO model e2 review
Reviews Our review sample ran Windows Vista Ultimate, but you can also get Vista Business, XP Professional and XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. We found that its 1GB RAM limit hampered its ability to run Windows Vista Ultimate satisfactorily though.
[December 6, 2007, 14:40]
Microsoft announces most expensive way to buy Windows 7
Blog As it was with Vista, there are various prices covering various combinations of upgrade: if you're feeling particularly flush, have Windows 7 Starter and want to end up on Ultimate you can take it step by step (Starter->Home Premium->Professional...
[July 31, 2009, 18:00]
64-bit PCs still searching for software
News Vista Ultimate comes with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions if you buy the boxed copy, but any other edition of Vista requires you to order the extra DVD from Microsoft for an additional fee if you want the 64-bit version.
[August 3, 2007, 13:28]
Windows 7 to compete with XP in netbook market
News Holloway compared it to the situation with Vista: people will be able to select the version of Windows 7 that suits them, in the same way they can choose the Home Basic edition of Vista rather than the Ultimate edition, depending on their...
[March 5, 2009, 15:34]
Dell Latitude XT2 review
Reviews Windows Vista Business is the default operating system, although you can opt for Vista Ultimate or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition if you prefer. However, with a starting price of £1,200 (ex. VAT), this is definitely a premium product rather than a...
[July 20, 2009, 16:36]
ASUS U2E review
Reviews The operating system on our review sample was Windows Vista Business, but it can be configured with Vista Home Premium, Vista Home Basic and Vista Ultimate too. This is one of the smallest notebooks we've ever reviewed.
[July 1, 2008, 0:00]
Carry On Crashing: Windows 7 starts messing about
Blog The laptop had previously been running Vista for a couple of years - I try and use whatever MS' latest OS is daily, even though I hadn't warmed to Vista after all that time - and I'd performed an in-place upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.
[October 27, 2009, 11:20]
Microsoft announces launch date for Windows 7
News The software maker also confirmed, without giving details, that it plans to offer some sort of "technology guarantee", giving those who buy Vista machines close to the Windows 7 launch a free or discounted copy of the new operating system.
[June 3, 2009, 8:28]
Microsoft sets UK prices for Windows 7
News We will no longer offer Windows Vista or XP dynamic upgrade and will not be offering upgrade product in [that] market, only fully packaged products. Prices range from £49.99 for pre-ordered Home Premium to £229.99 for Ultimate.
[June 25, 2009, 14:02]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog No, the real stinker is Vista, a recent beta of which has made its way into my life. That's one of the reasons that Windows has been such fertile ground for malware, of course, and one of the things that Vista intends to fix.
[September 1, 2006, 20:30]
Microsoft's Dam Project Springs a Leak.
Blog The websites and magazines have about done all they can bashing Vista so its time to clear the deck and make way for the pre-release Windows 7 non-paid advertising campaign. What will be really interesting to see is what the sales of Win7 "shrink...
[April 30, 2009, 4:58]
Windows 7 will have 'XP mode'
News By adding the compatibility mode, Microsoft is aiming to address one of the key shortcomings of Windows Vista: its compatibility issues with software designed for Windows XP and earlier versions of the operating system.
[April 27, 2009, 8:54]
math: Windows 7 + netbook = failure - GNU/Linux as remaining winner!
Blog Windows XP is used on netbooks to run better since Vista is too slow and resource hungry. Windows 7 should pick up where XP left and leave Vista behind. Just a Starter version like in Windows Vista which gives you the "power" to run maximum 3...
[March 6, 2009, 16:34]
Windows 7: Mixed reviews from PDC attendees
News He and others added that the Windows 7 user interface was too similar to Vista. It looks like a re-packaged Vista [with] a little bit of eye candy," said Daniel McGloin, a software engineer at Intuit.
[October 29, 2008, 9:06]
Ultimate road-warrior tech at CeBIT
News It is based on the Intel Atom processor and comes with Windows XP or Vista. Due to the lower price, we'd still rate the original Eee PC as the ultimate tech at CeBIT for the road warrior wanting a simple, rugged and, above all, cheap laptop.
[March 7, 2008, 11:36]
Painting over the patent earthquake
Leader Microsoft is on the verge of launching Vista, and must swiftly move the industry over. Yet open source is far stronger now than it was when Windows 9X and 2K moved aside for XP and 2K3, and the benefits of Vista far less clearly defined.
[November 21, 2006, 13:11]
Microsoft throws another lifeline to Windows XP
News Although the largest PC makers can't sell XP anymore (except for ultra-low-cost machines), they can sell Vista Ultimate and Vista Business machines with XP discs in the box, or even Vista machines that are 'factory downgraded' to Windows XP.
[October 6, 2008, 8:42]
SymRDP for S60 5th
Downloads Remote Access from phone to computer running one of the following Operation Systems: - Microsoft Windows XP Professional; - Microsoft Windows Vista (Ultimate, Business, Enterprise); - Microsoft Windows Server (NT, 2000, 2003, 2008).
[September 18, 2009, 8:00]
Gadarene rush will please Microsoft
Talkback It's much easier spending other people's money but I'd be astonished if many people really want to plunk down enough money to buy a half decent PC just to upgrade to Vista Ultimate. I don't suppose the person who wrote this article paid for their...
[December 15, 2006, 11:33]
OEM vs. shrink-wrap
Talkback Nobody either sane or clueful would spend the £500 for Vista Ultimate. It would be interesting to see the proportion of Vista shrink-wrap sales with OEM installs on new hardware. The only notable organisation that's upgrading to Vista that I know...
[May 18, 2007, 16:19]
