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Performance On Microsoft Windows Vista Of Intel VPro Technology-Based And AMD Processor-Based PCs In Common Business Scenario
White Papers Intel Corporation (Intel) commissioned Principled Technologies (PT) to compare the performance on Microsoft Windows Vista of an Intel vPro technology-based PC with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6700 with that of an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200...
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
Windows 7 Heads To Netbooks As Well As PCs
News And, while Vista has largely been absent from the fast-growing netbook category, Windows 7 is intended to work well on such low-end devices, a number of which have been on display at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC).
[November 6, 2008, 14:55]
Public-sector Bodies Sing Windows Vista's Praises
News PCs used by visitors will be upgraded to Vista and, for Newham's acting chief information officer, Geoff Connell, the upgrade is driven in part by the public's expectations. Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, launched in January 2007, has...
[June 2, 2008, 8:26]
Windows Vista SP1 review
Reviews Volume license customers (enterprises) will receive an integrated DVD media package for installation on new PCs. Before installing SP1, all users running Windows Vista RTM (that is, if you bought your computer with Vista preinstalled) will need to...
[February 12, 2008, 7:45]
Windows Vista SP2 Beta Due This Week
News The reality is that Windows Vista SP1 is a great platform that is both available on new Windows PCs and available as a free download for systems that are running the 'gold' release of Windows Vista. The next update to Windows Vista will enter beta...
[October 27, 2008, 12:43]
Windows Vista Business review
Reviews However, it's not the edition most people will find packaged on their shiny new PCs, or will end up with after an upgrade of existing hardware. Windows Vista is not the Mac OS X 10.4 killer some hoped for (or feared).
[January 25, 2007, 14:22]
Windows XP Outshines Vista In Benchmarking Test
News Microsoft has had to allow PC manufacturers to continue to sell XP on new PCs, setting a deadline for the last sale at 31 January next year. However, when Vista with the Service Pack 1 (SP1) beta was put through benchmark testing by researchers at...
[November 27, 2007, 7:10]
Windows Vista Turns One Year Old
News As you buy new PCs for departments, you buy them with XP or Vista pre-installed. Until that happens, analysts suggest, most businesses may find it hard to see why they should invest in new PCs to support the hardware demands of Vista.
[November 30, 2007, 7:02]
Windows Vista Failing To Attract Businesses
News Windows Vista is failing to attract business users, with sales of PCs preloaded with the corporate version of Microsoft's latest OS slowing. Twice as many PCs with Windows XP Professional — the operating system being replaced by Vista Business...
[October 3, 2007, 9:16]
Vista PCs To Lock Out Rogue Software
News Windows Vista will have new antipiracy technology that locks people out of their PCs if the operating system isn't activated within 30 days after installation. Those who install Vista themselves, for example on existing PCs, will have a 30-day...
[October 6, 2006, 9:40]
Vista's Journey Isn't Over Yet
News Microsoft has wrapped up development on Windows Vista, but there's still a lot of work to do before new PCs start shipping with the operating system in January. That gives computer makers, also known as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs...
[November 13, 2006, 8:36]
Microsoft Offers Vista Licence Discount
News In what is being billed as a limited time offer, Microsoft will let those who buy a boxed version of Vista Ultimate Edition purchase discounted licences for up to two more PCs in their house. The cost for each of the additional PC licences is $50...
[January 18, 2007, 7:33]
Microsoft Fixes Mobile Synchronisation Tool
News Microsoft has released a new version of Windows Mobile Device Center, the programme used to synchronise Windows Mobile devices with PCs running Vista. Windows Mobile Device Center replaced ActiveSync as the synchronisation tool for Microsoft...
[June 7, 2007, 15:56]
Vista Launch Pushed Back To 2007
News Microsoft on Tuesday announced a delay of Windows Vista that will mean PCs with the new operating system won't go on sale until January. Dell, which sells most of its PCs directly, could probably handle a delay of a few weeks without too much trouble.
[March 22, 2006, 8:00]
Vista Sales Gaining Momentum
News Windows Vista has certainly had its fair share of critics, but the operating system is clearly finding its way onto lots and lots of PCs. Yes, there's one or two models you can find someplace in the world of PCs that don't run Windows Vista...
[October 29, 2007, 14:59]
Dell Brings Back XP Amid User Demand
News I think you will see Vista create additional demand for PCs in the back half of this year. Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its...
[April 20, 2007, 17:22]
Microsoft Loosens Vista Licence Terms
News Microsoft is loosening the reins on Vista licensing in an effort to let businesses try out some new computing possibilities, including "diskless" PCs. Although Microsoft is making such set-ups legally permissible, it doubts diskless PCs will become...
[April 2, 2007, 15:45]
Lawyers: Vista Branding Confused Even Microsoft
News The case involves the way Microsoft marketed PCs as "Windows Vista capable" prior to the consumer launch of the operating system in January. Plaintiffs Dianne Kelley and Kenneth Hansen claim Microsoft was not telling the truth when it put the...
[November 28, 2007, 7:47]
Windows PatchGuard 'hindering Security'
News But some security companies say that the feature makes it harder for them to protect Windows PCs, as it locks them out of the kernel, the core of the operating system. As people buy PCs with 64-bit processors, use of the 64-bit edition of Windows...
[August 11, 2006, 8:50]
Power Consumption & Management: Windows Vista Versus Windows XP
White Papers This is more relevant to Windows Vista, as opposed to Windows XP, due to the addition of advanced power management to Group Policy, the improved reliability of Sleep mode, and, most importantly, Vista PCs being automatically put into Sleep mode...
[May 8, 2007, 1:00]
