Windows Vista Google Alerts for 05 November 2008

Why I’m Skipping Windows Vista: IT Speaks Out
NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA
By Shane O’neill , CIO , 11/04/2008 Despite warnings to businesses about the dangers of skipping Windows Vista, many IT managers and CIOs are standing firm …
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Microsoft Applying Vista Lessons To Windows 7
CRN – Manhasset,NY,USA
By Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb In the pre-Windows Vista Service Pack 1 days, Vista users were plagued by sluggish boot and shutdown times as well as by …
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Windows 7 Upgrade Chaos Looms
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
"Because Windows 7 is built on the same kernel as Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, there are no changes that are going to require a reworking of that …
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The Morphing of Windows Vista Into Windows 7 Continues
The Nillabyte Perspective – USA
Windows Vista wouldn’t be that bad if Microsoft trimmed the bloat and also made it much less annoying, which is what Microsoft is doing, …
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Microsoft demos successor to Vista, Windows 7
Tiger Weekly – Baton Rouge,LA,USA
By Philip DiStefano If there’s one thing non-techies know about technology right now, it’s that Windows Vista is not being received all that well by …
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SanDisk cranks up solid-state drive speed
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
LOS ANGELES–Technology introduced at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference by SanDisk could boost solid-state drive performance in Windows Vista by …
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Microsoft hopes to rebuild trust with Windows 7
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
LOS ANGELES–One of the biggest problems with Windows Vista had nothing to do with the software Microsoft shipped. It was all of the things Microsoft didn’t …
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SanDisk cranks up solid state drive speed
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Technology introduced at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference by SanDisk proposes to boost solid-state drive performance in Windows Vista by 100 …
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More ‘Vista Capable’ dirt could leak this week
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Microsoft’s "Windows Vista Capable" program was a bit of a mess, and it could get messier. Microsoft is in the midst of its WinHec gathering with hardware …
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All we need is a better Windows Vista. Here comes Windows 7…
By Frank Wang
Three days into playing with the Windows 7 PDC bits, I’ve already fallen in love with the new OS. Microsoft has come a long way to get things right this time. I know a lot of people hate Windows Vista badly. I do too. …
Frank Wang’s inspirations on .NET – http://geekswithblogs.net/frankw/

Windows Vista is the Prop 8 of Computing
By jaredude
I’ll admit that there are plenty of good things about Vista, but it is such a massive step backwards for computing. Yes, 4GB of RAM is great, but what good is it if you can’t print anything. The paperless office will NEVER happen. …
Opportunity Knocks My Head – http://jaredude.wordpress.com/

Microsoft: Windows 7 kicks Vista’s butt
Microsoft this morning kicked off its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference by detailing how much better it believes Windows 7 will be than Windows Vista in areas including boot time, battery life, graphics rendering, reliability and …
TechFlash – Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog – http://www.techflash.com/microsoft

Considerations When Multi-Booting Windows Vista
By Diana Huggins
If you are multi-booting Windows Vista and an older version of Windows, the older version should be installed before Windows Vista. Generally, the rule of thumb to follow is: install the oldest version of Windows first followed by each …
Lockergnome Blog Network – http://www.lockergnome.com/