People Are Rethinking The Idea Of Installing Windows Vista
April 3, 2008
Many people who rushed into the download and installation of the new Windows Vista are having second thoughts. Like everything new, the bugs are not quite worked out. Microsoft has a great concept in Windows Vista, except it has some potential problems. Read more
Popularity: 35% [?]
Microsoft Windows Vienna alias Windows 7 and The New OS
March 4, 2008
Windows “Vienna” (formerly known as Blackcomb) is Microsoft’s codename for a future version of Microsoft Windows, originally announced in February 2000, but has since been subject to major delays and rescheduling.
The code name “Blackcomb” was originally assigned to a version of Windows that was planned to follow Windows XP (codenamed “Whistler”; both named after the Whistler-Blackcomb resort) in both client and server versions. However, in August 2001, the release of Blackcomb was pushed back several years and Vista (originally codenamed “Longhorn” after a bar in the Whistler Blackcomb Resort) was announced as a release between XP and Blackcomb.
Since then, the status of Blackcomb has undergone many alterations and PR manipulations, ranging from Blackcomb being scrapped entirely, to becoming a server-only release. As of 2006, it is still planned as both a client and server release with a current release estimate of anytime between 2009 and 2012, although no firm release date or target has yet been publicized.
Popularity: 18% [?]
Windows Vista Deployment & Adoption Roundtable
March 3, 2008
On Wednesday March 5th, Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich will be hosting a virtual roundtable session live over the Internet on Windows Vista Deployment and Adoption. Read more
Popularity: 75% [?]
Basta la Vista: Windows loyalists force Microsoft to keep XP in business
March 3, 2008
The decision to keep the Microsoft XP operating system available till mid-2008 has fuelled suggestions that its expensively developed, but critically challenged, Vista replacement is facing a serious acceptance problem. Read more
Popularity: 74% [?]
Windows Vista prices cut to half, except in the US
March 2, 2008
Prices for the OS will be trimmed 15% to 20% in the U.S.
Microsoft Corp. decided to cut the retail price for Windows Vista operating system by as much as 20 % inside U.S., and plans are to cut somewhere arround 46% for some of the Vista Versions in the U.K and the European Union, as per company press release.
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Popularity: 66% [?]
