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* [http://www.win-vista.net/ Win-Vista.net]: "your source for Windows Vista information": 3rd-party site | * [http://www.win-vista.net/ Win-Vista.net]: "your source for Windows Vista information": 3rd-party site | ||
===version comparisons=== | |||
* [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/ Microsoft] | |||
* [http://techreport.com/etc/2007q1/system-guide/index.x?pg=9 The Tech Report]: succinct table showing which versions have which features, with discussion and prices following | |||
* [http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2917&p=15 AnandTech]: similar to The Tech Report | |||
* [http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/23/countdown_to_windows_vista/page14.html Tom's Hardware]: shorter summary of differences (still a good page or two) | |||
==Related Pages== | ==Related Pages== | ||
* [[A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection]] by Peter Gutmann: the evils of Vista's [[issuepedia:content protection|content protection]] are severe and far-reaching | * [[A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection]] by Peter Gutmann: the evils of Vista's [[issuepedia:content protection|content protection]] are severe and far-reaching | ||
Revision as of 11:56, 7 February 2007
computing: software: operating systems: Microsoft Windows: Vista
Overview
Windows Vista is the name of the latest version of Microsoft Windows; it supercedes Windows XP.<hide>
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Reference
- Wikipedia (Windows Vista)
- Win-Vista.net: "your source for Windows Vista information": 3rd-party site
version comparisons
- Microsoft
- The Tech Report: succinct table showing which versions have which features, with discussion and prices following
- AnandTech: similar to The Tech Report
- Tom's Hardware: shorter summary of differences (still a good page or two)
Related Pages
- A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection by Peter Gutmann: the evils of Vista's content protection are severe and far-reaching
Links
Articles
- 2007-02-03 Making the Jump: Loves Windows. Loves Vista. Switching to Linux.
- 2007-02-02 Windows Vista: a Cautionary Tale: how WV protects you from yourself in one very confusing way
- 2007-01-18 (login required) Vista: Worthy, Largely Unexciting by Walter S. Mossberg
- 2007-01-09 For Windows Vista Security, Microsoft Called in Pros
- Anyone who has read The Cuckoo's Egg (by Clifford Stoll) may be less than sanguine about the NSA's savvy regarding computer security
- 2006-11-30 Vista and small businesses: Support company recommends Vista for new PCs only, by James E. Gaskin
- 2006-09-08 A reality check for Vista (slashdot): "A day late and a dollar short, the software giant's new Vista operating system won't have anyone standing on line to buy the first copy."
- 2006-09-04 The Dark Side of Windows Vista RC1 (slashdot)
Humor
- 2007-02-02: Penny Arcade: The Manifold Faces of Vista
- 2007-01-24~: The Joy of Tech (web page with ads and maybe pop-ups)
