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Will Your Vista PC Be Windows 7 Ready?

This week my wife and I are visiting family in Texas and last night my son-in-law asked a simple question. If you buy a Vista computer today will it run Windows 7 ? Hmm….. Interesting question and my answer was that it should. But than I gave it some thought this morning and my answer [...]

What Is The Real Purpose Of Vista Basic?

Microsoft’s scheme using the Vista Capable label, which seems to have misinformed some customers into believing the PC they purchased would run Vista, brings up the issue why there is even a Vista Basic. Was the purpose of Vista Basic without Aero and Flip, an effort to deceive, or was it [...]

Vista Capable Computers Back Under The Microscope Again

Last Friday there was a hearing in the US District Court up in Seattle in which three pieces of information were presented that Microsoft knew its Vista Capable systems may not be very capable. Reporter Joseph Tartakoff from the Seatle Post-Intelligencer reported that the following information was presented:
During his opening presentation, plaintiffs’ lawyer Jeffrey Tilden [...]

Vista ‘Capable’ Issue

It seems that the Vista ‘capable’ issue is surfacing again; this time the plaintiffs are asking for class action status in the case against Microsoft. You may recall that before Vista was released, some computers being sold had ‘Vista Capable’ stickers affixed to the units, which suggested the computers would run Vista when it was [...]

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