March 2006 - Posts
The software maker said it will still wrap up development of the operating system this year and make it available to volume licensing customers in November. However, Microsoft said that a delay of a few weeks in Vista's schedule meant that some PC makers
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One very noticeable feature of Vista is its beautiful and stylish 3D user interface. Aero is Microsoft's new default 3D desktop theme. Gone are the bright blues and smooth colour gradients of Windows XP. The transparent Aero features subdued colours and
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Silicon is saying: Intel Macs are unlikely to be able to run Windows Vista, according to an Apple engineer speaking on Thursday. Present versions of Windows usethe BIOS, Vista will use Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)during the boot process. Only 64-bit
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Very aggressive goals are being publicly discussed in the media: Microsoft says it expects more than 400 million PCs to be running Vista within 24 months of the launch. Block said the goal is to reach a rate within that time where more than half of the
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the cool new Input Panel, which docks to the side of the screen. Pen Flicks (which greatly mitigates the pain of using a scrollbar with a stylus). Journal and InkBall are there. Ink Watson and Handwriting Personalization. Support for Network Projection.
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Intel also got to one-up Microsoft with its dual-core processor. Microsoft claimed in July 2005 that you would need a dedicated graphics card to run Windows Vista Home Premium (the coming Media Center OS). But I saw an Acer laptop with Intel's 945GM Express
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Normally, one would install Virtual PC to run a beta operating system on top of their production environment. In this case however, you might just be risk taking enough to run a beta operating system as your production environment. In such a case, you
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In this post we are going to walk through the basics of creating a Windows Vista 5308 - Feb CTP image. This will be a single partition image, but the concept here can be used for creating any type of image. Before you begin make sure you have downloaded
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Windows Vista represents the first time that any version of Windows will include VM technology (Virtual PC). Source: ZDNet.com.
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Build 5308 is still cranky in some respects, but it is, clearly, a step forward. The OS still didn't identify my sound card (integrated SoundMAX audio, to be precise) during setup, but I was able, for the first time, to get it working in Vista. So far,
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Microsoft Monitor takes a first look at Windows Vista: I like Apple's approach of offering one desktop OS, for consumers, small businesses or enterprises. And I would like to see more simplicity from Microsoft. But Apple exists in a competitive market.
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Watch the Windows Vista slide show, with images of performance control panel, automatic defragmenter, power settings, USB memory device to speed up windows, Vista Network Center, Speech Recognition, Windows Calendar, Games Explorer, Media Player 11, Rolodex
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“Watch the podcast and see it for yourself, then try it on your own machine.” (Henley)
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