Microsoft released Windows XP in 2001, and then released its successor, Windows Vista, in 2006. During the long development period of Windows Vista, implementation of various functions was considered, ...

Myth: You'll need heavyweight hardware and a premium Vista version to use the new Aero interface, and without Aero there's no reason to upgrade. Reality: The Windows ...

Whenever anyone mentions the Windows Vista operating system, someone is bound to bring up the fact that Windows Vista is slow and takes up to much in the way of system resources and that is needs some ...

Microsoft Corp. responded yesterday to discussion of Windows Vista’s over-hearty battery appetite by acknowledging that the new operating system’s fancy graphics use more power. But it downplayed the ...

In an amazing reversal, Microsoft intends to remove all vestiges of Vista's 'dated and cheesy' Aero interface in favor of a flat look Buried in an 11,000-word tome on the Building Windows 8 blog, user ...

Now set to ship in January 2007, Windows Vista will be Microsoft's first major operating system release since it introduced Windows XP in 2001. The new OS is designed to offer a shiny new user ...

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