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Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Although the system came preloaded with Windows Vista Business, the recovery media included both Vista and XP Pro disks, and there was a page included titled "Downgrade Rights for Microsoft Windows Vista Business" which states that the owner has...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
Gates Reassures Businesses
News Microsoft did a lot of work to combine the consumer and business versions of Windows into one code base with Windows XP, and most people find it a lot more stable. Although Microsoft announced last week that Vista and Office 2007 would not land on...
[March 29, 2006, 14:55]
Five Things You'll Love (and Hate) About Windows Vista review
Reviews But based on what I've seen after living with Windows Vista beta 2 for a while, here are five things I think you'll like about the new operating system -- some of which might persuade certain fence-sitters to upgrade -- and five things that may...
[June 16, 2006, 9:35]
Windows Chief Fields Readers' Questions
News Interestingly, even though XP will be five years old by the time Vista ships (currently scheduled for the end of this year) the questions posted by many readers indicated that they need to be convinced that Vista will be a necessary upgrade.
[January 30, 2006, 9:35]
Windows XP Embedded Standard 2009 CTP#1 & CTP#2
Blog A dubious feature at least in our environment since our Windows based software applications won't run on Vista. them that Windows XP Embedded was finally going to get IE7 in component form, the MS marketing nimrods got into the mix and decided to...
[August 14, 2008, 1:58]
Vista Vs XP
Blog Comment Yes the deal we have allows us to "downgrade" to XP BUT we have to BUY Vista Business to do it. When they come in with Vista on them, they go out into the rental fleet with XP Pro. So the XP to Vista ratio is 100%.
[July 30, 2008, 12:48]
Do We Need A Campaign To Save XP?
Blog Moving people on, is obviously in Microsoft's interest, as more new PCs, mean more profits (though we've seen elsewhere that in many circumstances, the familiar and trusted XP commands a higher price than most versions of Vista).
[January 15, 2008, 11:51]
Vista, Like In Out In Left Field.
Talkback Its Vista or Xp or nothing. Microsoft doesn't really care whether they sell XP at Vista prices or Vista at Vista prices. What most managers don't understand though is that Vista is enough different from XP and certainly Win2K that using a desktop...
[November 21, 2007, 18:05]
Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) Upgrade
Blog Vista has been slammed by business users and gamers alike for bringing their systems to their knees or at least noticeably reducing speed with some apps and games compared to XP. One thing you will notice is that it now says Windows Vista...
[January 15, 2008, 15:42]
Software Jihad
Blog Considering how well Vista is doing, Windows 7 might be the last opportunity Microsoft has to make a profit off an operating system. His claim is that typical Chinese people can't afford the local retail prices for legitimate Windows XP Pro.
[November 2, 2008, 14:04]
Symantec: Vista Is Not A Security Solution
News Microsoft says you have to buy Vista because it makes you much safer online than XP, or any of its previous operating systems. Coming off a good quarter for Symantec's consumer businesses, chief executive John Thompson warns against viewing Windows...
[February 20, 2007, 11:25]
How Microsoft Can Make Windows 7 A Success
News One of the worst aspects of Windows Vista is that it is almost always slower than its predecessor, XP, when running on the same hardware. The Windows development team has to find a way to streamline Windows 7 so that it's faster and more stable...
[October 28, 2008, 12:03]
A Tale Of Two Vista Systems
Blog I've upgraded two systems to Windows Vista over the past few months, with vastly different results. Then I bunged Vista Business on it, instantly rendering it unusably slow (don't try Vista with less than 1GB of RAM, it's not worth it), and running...
[August 22, 2007, 10:10]
Vistification - A Temporary Drive To Linux?
Blog Vista is gratuitously different from Windows XP. My mother just bought a Dell - Vista was the only OS on offer (at least without her trying to find anything tricky through the business section of the site).
[October 24, 2007, 12:07]
2008-01-06 Vista Is An Upgrade - Part 2
Talkback Vista does NOT improve on XP ! There is a whopping load of programs I used to run on a regular basis under XP that no longer work on Vista. Also, everytime I end up in a folder Vista displays a bunch of Columns that I DON'T NEED!
[January 6, 2008, 23:50]
Businesses Have 'no Appetite For Vista'
News Businesses feel a move to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system isn't worth the effort yet, due to compatibility issues and it offering too few benefits over XP. Also, companies don't seem to see much point in using Vista over XP, the OS it...
[November 29, 2007, 7:57]
Why Assume Vista Will Be The Way Of The Future?
Talkback Anyone who can use XP is going to find the transition to Vista simple enough - and in any case, most of the skills needed are application, not OS, specific. Money spent on getting Vista into schools will be wasted, for three reasons.
[January 18, 2007, 16:13]
We Are Being Force-fed Vista
Talkback Its been a year since manufacturers stopped shipping brand new computers with Windows XP pre-installed, am not sure whether this is forced onto them by Microsoft but had they made it optional for consumers to choose between Vista and XP upon...
[November 30, 2007, 20:29]
Vista Memory Leak?
Blog I've been running Vista Business on my Lifebook S6510 for several weeks now, and overall I'm pleased - at least pleased enough to keep it this time, rather than retreating to XP Pro again. I'm wondering if anyone else has seen anything that looks...
[April 17, 2008, 13:39]
Do We Need A Campaign To Save XP?
Blog Comment Now most games (exclusing Microsoft ones of course) and software is being released on both platforms (XP and Vista), so the drive to upgrade isn't as big as it used to be. Most users want to feel comfortable in using their PC, It may have taken...
[January 16, 2008, 14:52]
