Vista

Microsoft is planning to open a line of retail stores to show off the Windows operating system and the software and hardware that is designed to run on it. Having worked in a retail store that specialized in electronics and computers I can say that any type of store that Microsoft opens would have [...]

I saw a posting on Tom’s Hardware site where they had pulled a screenshot of the Windows 7 install options, showing 5 different versions.  There was a starter, home basic, home premium, business, and ultimate edition.  Clearly Microsoft did not learn anything from their last product release, when they introduced a similar number of products [...]

According to the system requirements, which many are touting as progress because they have not gone up over what Vista requires, in order to run Windows 7 you will have to have a 1Ghz processor, a gigabyte of RAM, and a 128MB graphics card just to run an operating system.  I had the idea that [...]

I remember when Windows Vista was first being released, there was a lot of talk about these wonderful new gadgets that would be attached to all the new computers that would allow you to do simple tasks like play music, check your email, and see how your stocks were doing - all without turning on [...]

Microsoft recently announced that they would be taking on the Mac when it comes to user experience.  They intend to make Windows as easy to use and as stable as Mac OS X and bring back some of those users who have left Windows.  Is it doable?  In a word, No.  In many words, the [...]

Ever since the release of Vista, there has been some sort of widespread nostalgia for the days of Windows XP - to the point that many vendors still offer the old operating system to meet with the demand from customers for it. Having used XP from the day it was released up until 2005, [...]