If you're a typical consumer, most likely you've been running Windows XP Home since the day you bought your computer from your favorite retailer (online or in-person ...

A group within Microsoft Corp. recommended in 2005 that the lowest-priced version of Windows Vista be released without the “Vista” name because of concerns over “user product expectations,” according ...

A white paper by Microsoft's internal Windows product marketing team recommended that the company avoid the "Windows Vista" name on the Home Basic version of the operating system, according to ...

At the low end is the Windows Vista Basic edition, which doesn't include the entertainment or mobile features, nor does it contain the Aero graphics system. Designed for older hardware, Windows Vista ...

If you are using Microsoft’s Windows Vista Home Premium, there are chances, you would like to upgrade to Windows 7. Since, Windows Vista basic or home premium cannot be upgraded to profession of ...

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Windows Vista Basic is rock-bottom, offering the fewest features of any of the editions. Windows Vista Basic is designed for older systems and low-end new PCs, offering limited use of the other ...

Windows Vista is the first Microsoft operating system to scale the interface to the PC's graphics capability, and for those computers with the required adaptor, will display Aero, which includes ...

For example, I wandered into a local branch of office-supply giant Staples the weekend of February 3, 2007, to check out the prices on Vista upgrades and the availability of computers with Vista ...

I've got a HP Pavilion dv6000z notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium. My notebook is not amazingly powerful and seems to work a whole lot better with the Windows Vista Basic color scheme instead of ...

Documents show Microsoft debated whether Home Basic should be called 'Vista'; lawsuit alleges Vista Capable program inflated prices of PCs that could only run the low-end edition A group within ...