One of the world’s dominant operating systems is Microsoft windows. When you compare some of the ideal features available in its competitors for instance Linux and Mac OS X, both XP and Vista can appear a little incomplete. There are various features that other operating systems offer by default such as 64-bit processing and business-networking tools that require a premium version license in Windows.
Apple Inc. has warned Windows PC and iPod users not to upgrade to Windows Vista yet as it does not work well yet with the iTunes software and may even corrupt their iPod. Thought iTunes may work with some Vista computers, Apple stated that they know of some computability problems and is recommending that users wait until Apple resolves issues with its iTunes software within the next few weeks.
Software giant Microsoft has claimed user “complacency” is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000 was made last week by security vendor PC Tools, which said that over the past six months Vista had suffered 639 unique threats, whereas Windows 2000 has suffered 586. PC Tools’s research was conducted by collecting data from customers using its ThreatFire behavioural detection software.
While some businesses might not be seeing much incentive to move to Vista SP1, gamers might be warming up to the idea. Past game performance tests have shown that lower frame rates, lag, and crashing are the norm for Windows Vista RTM. While some switched over and found they were having no problems, the majority held onto Windows XP SP2 for dear life. The majority of the blame for this problem was laid on lack of solid video drivers. Read the rest of this entry »
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