Microsoft/Windows/Vista

navbar

computing: software: operating systems: Microsoft Windows: Vista

Overview

Windows Vista is the name of the latest version of Microsoft Windows; it supercedes Windows XP.

This page is a seed article. You can help HTYP water it: make a request to expand a given page and/or donate to help give us more writing-hours!

Reference

• Microsoft: Windows Vista
• Wikipedia:
  • Windows Vista
    • Windows Vista editions and pricing
• 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

• 2007-04-23 Security by naming conventions: apparently the need for administration rights when installing a program is triggered not by detection of installation-related system services, but by running any program called install.exe
  • This reminds me of an incident where WinXP's network security seemed to be preventing XP users from accessing shared resources on certain machines because of insufficient permissions, while Win98 and Linux users were able to access those same resources (without a password). --Woozle 19:54, 23 April 2007 (EDT)
• 2007-03-19 Windows Vista: more than just a pretty face by Peter Bright: the more positive side of Vista is the reworking of its API, especially the graphics. Multi-page article. DRM issues are discussed on page 7
• 2007-02-19 So Beautiful, So Disturbing: an amusing and highly metaphorical review of Vista, along with some very brass-tacks discussion about Vista's DRM
• 2007-02-12 DRM in Windows Vista by Bruce Schneier, with very long comments section
• 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
• 2007-01-31 Windows Vista Upgrade Decision Flowchart by Brian Briggs: a less-than-serious look at whether or not to upgrade
• 2007-01-30 Windows Vista's new spin on licensing ...and why it grates by Scott Wasson
• 2007-01-20 Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers) by Nick White on the "Windows Vista Team Blog": appears to be a response to at least some of the issues raised in the cost analysis article, although it is not yet clear if they are truly answers or primarily evasions; note that it does not link to the "paper scrutinizing how Windows handles digital rights management", a sign that they are not particularly interested in allowing readers to judge for themselves.
• 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)