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Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking test
News New tests have revealed that XP with the beta Service Pack 3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with its long-awaited Service Pack 1. Vista, both with and without SP1, performed over two times slower than XP with SP3 in the test, taking over...
[November 27, 2007, 7:10]
windows xp, Vista
Talkback Out of the fourty million Vista sales sold, what percent was boot legged. The vista product is sold as one product requiring a code which will determine what Vista product you have bought. How long will you support windows XP?
[May 16, 2007, 15:39]
Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP review
Reviews Windows 7 connected to the internet after a further 3 seconds, compared with 57 seconds for Vista and 55 seconds for XP. On the low-end system, shutdown is fastest under XP at 8.1 seconds, against Windows 7's 9.1 seconds and Vista's 10.3 seconds.
[July 30, 2009, 7:39]
PDF Printer Driver for Windows Vista/XP - 64 Bit
Downloads PDF Printer Driver for 64 bit Windows Vista/XP. The output of the printer driver is the popular Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file format. The PDF files can be opened (viewed) by Adobe Acrobat Reader or by any application that can handle the...
[June 4, 2008, 9:34]
Power Consumption & Management: Windows Vista Versus Windows XP
White Papers It is important to note that the financial and carbon-dioxide savings are not due to a PC running Windows Vista consuming less power per task than a PC running Windows XP (for example, typing up a document in Microsoft Word will consume very...
[May 8, 2007, 1:00]
Is Windows Vista Really 50% to 87% More Secure Than Windows XP?
White Papers Ever since Vista hit the market, Microsoft continually applauded the platform as superior to Windows XP. Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Vista is the first software product to go with its entire development process through the Microsoft Software...
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
Small Business Webcast: Are You Ready for Windows Vista? (Part 2 of 3): Migrating From Windows XP to Windows Vista (Level 100)
White Papers This webcast shows how Windows Vista simplifies the process of migrating data from the previous computer to the new Windows Vista-based computer. The presenters introduce the viewer to Windows Easy Transfer, a tool to help the user transfer files...
[February 17, 2007, 0:00]
Windows 7 versus Vista, XP
Talkback If you'd like to see how the upcoming OS update shapes up against its predecessors, ZDNet UK has a Tech Guide posted here.
[August 6, 2009, 11:40]
PDF Printer Driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7)
Downloads Black Ice PDF printer driver is the complete solution for businesses and developers needing fast, reliable PDF conversion tool. The Black Ice PDF printer driver gives users and developers flexible options to convert, save, e-mail, print, archive or...
[November 27, 2009, 3:22]
Windows Vista Beta 1: screenshot gallery
Talkback Looks like Windows XP with some of the feat. IT'S BETA 1 GUYS COMEON! WTF IDIOT COMMENTS ARE YOU DOING HERE? LOOK'S LIKE, LOOK'S LIKE. IT'S BETA, IT'S NOT DONE. IT'S FOR DEVELOPERS NOT KIDS WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN MAKE STOLID COMMENTS.
[August 24, 2005, 9:25]
Windows Vista Beta 1: screenshot gallery
Talkback Same old same old :-( Looks like Windows XP with some of the features of KDE, Gnome and Mac OS X thrown in on top. The sorting of control panel items into groups, erm, doesn't XP do that? I know I can choose photo's as a background for XP (I don't...
[August 22, 2005, 7:19]
Windows Vista Beta 1: screenshot gallery
Talkback Windows XP has been a welcome relief since day one of my installation from Win 98. If your XP is constantly crashing i would suggest you look at your hardware setup. I have not had any problems with XP and can only put this down to my hardware...
[January 15, 2006, 14:00]
Windows Vista Beta 1: screenshot gallery
Talkback I use windows xp at work and I must say I love the new design. All glassy and new. I consider myself a computer professional after using word for over 2 years now and I don't understand why everybody hates Microsoft so mutch.
[October 7, 2005, 0:02]
Windows Vista Beta 1: screenshot gallery
Talkback Looks just like Windows XP, cant wait until the final version comes out to see if the UI is going to be different. Heres to hope!
[August 30, 2005, 10:19]
Windows Vista: a first look
Talkback Merely OK in comparison to XP, it was fragile as anything, and took very little for it to fall over, but it was the best of a bad bunch (Windows ME, anyone? It's Windows XP without fancy graphics, with less multimedia capability (WMP10, etc.so it's...
[July 28, 2005, 8:21]
Windows Vista Beta 1: screenshot gallery
Talkback Linux run's at 100% and yes the drivers for linux is easier than Xp Pro 64 drivers and less troublesome. Universal boot cd starts up and show that my Pc can run at double of what windows will ever be able too.
[May 26, 2006, 8:28]
Windows Vista gets a mixed reception
Talkback What's important is that Microsoft produce a stable , secure and value for money product that is a significant improvement over Windows XP. If they don't, I for one will stay with XP Pro or maybe move to Linux.
[July 25, 2005, 19:29]
Windows Vista: a first look
Talkback But I'd rather use WinLSD or XP pro than a brand new one, which will probably stay in a kind of unfinished state for a certain time, like some other products : look at Win98 (with the SE) and WinXP (with SP1, SP2,.
[August 22, 2005, 10:29]
Windows Vista's new security features
Talkback Whilst I concede I may be wrong, perhaps the author would like to provide examples of printer drivers on NT/2K/XP that require reboot before use. I have worked with Windows systems for a number of years.
[October 5, 2005, 14:20]
Inside Windows Vista February CTP
Talkback The 'minimize to task bar' feature is in Windows XP today; nothing new there :)
[March 2, 2006, 19:26]
