Vista in comment and analysis
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment While Windows 7 solves most of the qualms about Vista, the new OS still has plenty of room to grow, says Quocirca's Clive Longbottom. Windows 7 builds on changes to the security model introduced by Vista. [28 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment Sure there have been a few missing drivers here and there but in every case the resulting machine worked and almost always performed better than under Vista and XP. Gartner's Stephen Kleynhans has been happy with his... [23 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment It's using much the same argument as it did with Vista but may find it harder to peddle the same line with Redmond's latest offering. While Apple has benefitted from a strong hardware and software offering in recent... [20 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.10.09
Round-Up Mac users are on the up, thanks to price cuts, great hardware and the enduring legacy of Vista. Shocking news: Windows 7 is slower to boot than Vista. I've just been speaking to Tim, he's madly in love. [09 Oct 2009]
Hands-on with Windows 7: How it worked for me
Comment In comparison to when Vista first came out, Windows 7 did not seem to need a massive amount of system resources; it didn't seem to suffer from a dearth of device drivers; and application compatibility - while not... [13 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.08.09
Round-Up Windows 7 is widely accepted to be a vast improvement to Vista (insert your own 'could it get any worse' gag here) and is already making its way into the hands of a few lucky punters. Eliot wrote "April is the cruellest... [07 Aug 2009]
Naked CIO: Why Google's OS is dead in the water
Comment Essentially even though Vista has its problems, Apple is vogue but not very user friendly and Linux is imperfect in many ways, I cannot see how any respectable CIO would gladly pursue a Google-based OS in a corporate... [03 Aug 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment It then set about bringing the service to Mac OS X, Linux and Windows Vista.iPlayer now works on all of these - as well as on an increasing number of mobile devices. The BBC is a world leader in developing innovative... [31 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.07.09
Round-Up The Round-Up thinks it might be churlish to point out the presence of Windows XP (via downgrade rights from Vista), the eight versions of Vista itself and the Windows 7 beta not to mention Windows... [17 Jul 2009]
Five ways Microsoft has changed since Gates left
Comment A review of Microsoft's past year would not be complete without a mention of its new desktop operating system, Windows 7, the successor of the poorly received Windows Vista… Follow silicon.com on Twitter received Windows... [08 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up And no, said space alien doohickey wasn't called Windows Vista. Glastonbury - home to ley lines, juggling hippies, gurning students covered head-to-toe in mud and publicity-hungry minor celebrities showing off in their... [03 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up And so to Redmond: the long, dark teatime of Steve Ballmer's soul took another step towards its end this week as Microsoft announced the pricing strategy for the successor to Vista, Windows 7. As with... [26 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.06.09
Round-Up Fundamentally, it's just another version of Windows Vista. Meanwhile, Apple also announced that the launch date of its latest operating system update, Snow Leopard, and Apple's Bertrand Serlet had some fun at... [12 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.04.09
Round-Up After more um-ing and ah-ing than a consumer pondering which version of Windows Vista not to buy, Microsoft has decided it will open a pub on its premises after all. Q: How many computer programmers does it take to... [17 Apr 2009]
Bangalore's brain gain
Comment Other communities have 'Riviera' and 'Vista' and 'Manor' appended to their names, denoting comfort as well as appealing to the aspirations of the Westernising middle class. In mid 2007, 20 years after he went to the US... [17 Mar 2009]
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