Oct 19
Oct 19
Windows Vista is a rather heavy operating system with many neat features, but unfortunately they all come at a price. Right out of the box it requires a pretty hefty system to run (arguably).Before you run out and buy a new computer just so you can run your base operating system, check out these 10 Simple Ways To Speedup Windows Vista tips to lighten the load. This is just the first in the series, so many of them may be very apparent to those experienced in tweaking.
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Oct 19
Oct 18
Futuremark releases innovative benchmark for Windows Vista: PCMark Vantage
Vista News 285 Views No Comments »Futuremark Corporation, the world’s leading provider of performance-analysis benchmarks, software and services for PCs and handheld devices, announced today the release of PCMark® Vantage — the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista®. PCMark Vantage provides the PC industry, IT media and consumers with an overall PCMark performance score based on Windows Vista application tests, single and multi threaded CPU, graphics and hard disk drive (HDD) tests.
Oct 18
Oct 18
Oct 18
Microsoft plans to launch the first service pack for Windows Vista during the first quarter of 2008, but a registry hack that surfaced last week reportedly makes it possible to download the beta version of Vista SP 1 today.The registry hack is a simple four step process that allows users to download Vista SP1 directly from the Windows Update website, according to the Windows enthusiast site Nero’s Club.
Oct 18
Oct 18
Oct 17
Oct 17
Apple hopes new productivity enhancements and security tools will push Mac OS X deeper into the business computing world, where it’s largely been shut out by Microsoft.
Oct 17
Oct 17
We’ve heard all manner of tinfoil hattery about Windows Vista’s schemes for copy protection, which have prompted the usual round of threats from the usual quarters about how Vista will usher in an OS apocalypse and techies will migrate en masse to Linux. The more realistic types are mostly talking about simply staying camped out with Windows XP for the time being while eying the MacOS world with some curiosity.
Oct 17
Oct 16
For the second time in a month, Microsoft Corp. has had to defend Windows Update against charges that it upgraded machines without users’ permission. So far, it has no explanation for the newest instance of unauthorized updating.
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