You're right to be concerned. Windows Vista is far more demanding on PC resources than Windows XP. Microsoft has issued a set of minimum requirements for Vista, but there are two separate specs to be ...

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 ...

The next version of Windows will grade performance. You'll have to decide whether to buy a new hard drive. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, ...

It’s official: On June 30, Windows XP enjoyed its last day as a readily available consumer operating system. Henceforth, it will be available only under a few marginal circumstances. People who ...

Can't wait to get your hands on Windows Vista? We'll help you decide which upgrade path to take and walk you through multiple methods of installation. Does the thought of upgrading to Windows Vista ...

SEATTLE--Don't expect Microsoft to talk much about the Basic edition of Windows Vista when the operating system ships. The software maker wants you to go Premium. Microsoft is readying its marketing ...

People are beginning to use 64-bit https://www.pcworld.com/tags/Microsoft+Windows+Vista.html on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS faster than they have ...

On small office and home office networks, Windows XP and Windows Vista cooperate about as well as cats and dogs. But you can teach them to get along. When you combine Windows XP and Windows Vista PCs ...

Microsoft has dropped a feature from Windows Vista that would have allowed people running the new operating system to keep data synchronized among multiple PCs. The software maker said quality ...

LAS VEGAS - 8th January 2007 - Kicking off the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with a bang, Microsoft Corp. today unveiled revolutionary games, technologies and partner ...

Dallas - Some retailers are planning to use tactics normally reserved for must-have electronics such as new video-game consoles when the Windows Vista computer operating system goes on sale to the ...