Were Vista Capable Stickers Incapable?
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| The "Capable" and "Ready" problems were really Microsoft's execution failure.
| The company wasn't capable of shipping Vista in time for holiday PCs and
| Vista PCs weren't ready for holiday season sales.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/were_vista_capable_stickers_incapable.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
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Lawsuit spotlights Vista's hefty hardware needs
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| If you bought a Windows Vista Capable PC late last year and want to
| move up to the Home Premium version of the Vista operating system,
| you may already need a hardware upgrade.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015701
Buying a new PC? 'Windows Vista Capable' barely hits the mark
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| Microsoft's on-the-box minimum RAM requirement "really isn't
| realistic," according to David Short, an IBM consultant who works
| in its company's Global Services Divison. He says users should
| consider 4GB of RAM if they really want optimum Vista performance.
| With 512MB of RAM, Vista will deliver performance that's
| "sub-XP," he warned.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011523
http://tinyurl.com/2x29tu
Microsoft and Sony clash over Vista support of Intel's Turbo Memory
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| Sony is claiming that the current release of Vista does not support
| Intel's Turbo Memory technology, although Microsoft has dismissed
| the allegation. If Sony is right, Microsoft may have opened itself
| to being sued for deceptive marketing practices.
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http://tech.blorge.com/Structure
%20/2007/06/09/microsoft-and-sony-clash-over-vista-support-to-intel%E2%80%99s-turbo-memory/
http://tinyurl.com/yv2u99
Vista, iTunes and ReadyBoost do not play well
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| The only solution for the problem is to unplug your ReadyBoost drive, close
| and restart iTunes and then play back your video normally. I have
| replicated this no less than 30 times on my laptop with a ReadyBoost
| drive plugged in. Unplugging the drive never fails to fix the problem
| and plugging it in never fails to cause the problem.
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http://vista.blorge.com/2007/04/16/vista-itunes-and-readyboost-do-not-play-well/
Microsft Vista's ReadyBoost: Is worth the hype??
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| The performance gain in second time 18seconds vs 5:30 seconds was
| due to SuperFetch technology which has nothing to do with ReadyBoost.
|
| Then Microsoft Word 2007 was loaded. Without ReadyBoost for first time
| took 5 seconds and with ReadyBoost took 26 seconds :-s.
|
| [...]
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| Is ReadyBoost meant to work this way :-/ Is this a Flaw in Vista or like
| Microsoft is doing making Flaws as Features. Is this also a feature??
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| The mystery continues....
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http://techreckoner.com/microsft-vistas-readyboost-is-worth-the-hype/
Vista performance: The user experiece is all that matters
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| My neighbor Kary doesn't know much about computers. She just needs
| one to create and print class schedules and save digital photos.
| Last week she brought home an HP Pavillion a1000 equipped with 1
| GB of RAM, an Athon 64 3800+ processor and Windows Vista Home
| Premium preloaded. She had trouble almost immediately and brought
| it to my office the the other day for assistance. She says it's
| slower than her older XP machine. Should I tell her she's wrong?
| I turned on her machine and, as configured, it took just over two
| minutes to load Vista. For Kary, Vista has been a nightmare. I'll
| talk about why next time.
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http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5366
Is MS in for the long run or just to promote Vista, asks Lombardi
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| "Right now it seems like it's part of the marketing push to help Vista,"
| commented Doug Lombardi, marketing manager at Valve, in an exclusive
| interview for GamesIndustry.biz.
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23439
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| Microsoft has come under fire for making DX10 Windows Vista only
| in what enthusiasts see as a cynical bid to drive OS upgrade
| sales.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40199
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