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Vista finds a home on 1,300 Canterbury Uni desktops
News The computing services department migrated 1,330 student desktops from XP over the summer following a user testing acceptance programme in May and June. I think on the... [15 Sep 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News PC World's machine, also manufactured by MSI, comes only in a Windows XP flavour and has a 10.2-inch screen. Intel's Atom processor is a new design of x86 chip, intended to provide... [08 Jul 2008]
Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted
News The NCC suggests Microsoft is likely to be one of the big winners as companies look to refresh their desktop infrastructure, replacing Windows XP with... [10 Mar 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News Microsoft cited a study by the UK's PC Pro Labs, which found that for a company with 200 PCs, running Windows Vista on the machines produced 45 tons fewer of carbon per year than running... [06 Mar 2008]
Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…'
News Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft One year on: XP still outshining Vista Because the desktop market is maturing,... [21 Feb 2008]
Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft
News Microsoft said it's seeing piracy rates for Windows Vista that are half those of Windows XP. The decline in piracy rates is largely due to the fact... [04 Dec 2007]
Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
News Most plan to stick with the stability of Windows XP and implement Service Pack 3 for that OS before they even start thinking about Vista. One year on: XP still... [28 Nov 2007]
Vista - businesses not convinced
News Gates: Vista selling faster than XP ¦ Furthermore, adoption of Linux continues to gather pace, with a particular emphasis on the desktop emerging. Citing hard usage data of OS' used to... [26 Nov 2007]
Vista: Users do want it, apparently...
News Al Gillen, IDC analyst, said while corporations may be planning their Vista move, most large companies buying PCs are still immediately reinstalling Windows XP. Microsoft finally acknowledged it won't... [30 Oct 2007]
Microsoft says sorry for update blunder
News Gates: Vista selling faster than XP ¦ Microsoft has apologised for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search... [26 Oct 2007]
Desktop PC 'not dead - but changing'
News Gates: Vista selling faster than XP ¦ The traditional desktop PC is not yet doomed - but is going through a transformation, according to HP. While laptops are becoming increasing... [06 Sep 2007]
Vista SP1 coming early next year
News In the next few weeks, Microsoft will start private testing of a beta of Service Pack 1 for Vista as well as a third service pack for Windows XP. By way of comparison,... [30 Aug 2007]
Vista: Businesses rethinking quick switch
News Last September, Brad Goldberg, general manager for Windows Client product management, predicted Vista would be put in use by twice as many businesses in the first year as Windows... [16 Aug 2007]
Stories of the month - July 2007
News The newly launched beta can currently only be used with Windows XP - although the Beeb has said Vista and Mac versions are in the pipeline. Perhaps it's... [30 Jul 2007]
Macs versus PCs - the battle continues
News He added: "My advice is stay with XP for now and simply upgrade when Vista is more business ready! When it comes to upgrading to Vista, half of silicon.com's CIO Jury recently predicted the associated... [18 Jul 2007]
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