by admin at Tuesday, October 28, 2008 in Microsoft
Tags:  feedback, OS, SP1, SP2, Windows Vista

Windows Vista SP2 (limited beta) is going to be released on Wednesday 29 October. Is it expected to bring any surprise?

We have seen that Vista’s much awaited SP1 was just a combination of the automatic upgrades that were available for the OS and now it seems that SP2 may also bring something similar.

However, what comes next? It will be more apparent on Wednesday, as the beta version is handed to some of Technology Adoption Program customers on Wednesday.

Mike Nash says on the Windows Vista official blog, “There are some previously released fixes and it focuses on addressing specific reliability, compatibility and performance issues.”

“It is expected that Windows Vista SP2 will retain compatibility with applications that go on Windows Vista and Windows Vista SP1.”

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by admin at Friday, June 06, 2008 in Computers,Technology
Tags:  Microsoft, Windows 7, Windows Vista

Private testing of Windows 7 is poised to begin at any time to ship it till late 2009. To pass over Windows vista all at once or to wait for Windows 7 in its place, many business users are mulling over it.

It’s not surprising at all that Microsoft is recommending users against taking a pass on vista. Microsoft is supporting business users to migrate to Vista sooner as it is a part of a new white paper to influence business users who are considering when and whether to shift to Windows Vista.

The white paper “The Business Value of Windows Vista: Five Reasons to set up now” just repeats the business features Microsoft developed into Vista and emphasizes some of the new installed tools and case-study examples of the companies who moved to Vista, otherwise, it doesn’t comprise numerous new data.

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by admin at Friday, February 29, 2008 in Microsoft
Tags:  Microsoft, Windows Vista

Microsoft recently announced that they plan to cut the price on several retail versions of their newest operating system, Windows Vista. As you can imagine, this is a move that comes to a shock to many. In fact, this move is one that nobody saw coming; even though Vista has been struggling to keep up, and it has taken a lot of flack from first time users.

In the United States, Microsoft has decided to greatly reduce the price of the high end version known as Vista Ultimate. The price of Vista Ultimate has fallen to $219 from a previous retail price of $299. Additionally, prices for the popular Home Premium addition are also being reduced from $159 to $129. As you can see, these are no small price reductions.

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