A group within Microsoft Corp. recommended in 2005 that the lowest-priced version of Windows Vista be released without the “Vista” name because of concerns over “user product expectations,” according ...

Windows Vista Basic is rock-bottom, offering the fewest features of any of the editions. Windows Vista Basic is designed for older systems and low-end new PCs, offering limited use of the other ...

SEATTLE--Don't expect Microsoft to talk much about the Basic edition of Windows Vista when the operating system ships. The software maker wants you to go Premium. Microsoft is readying its marketing ...

Windows Vista is the first Microsoft operating system to scale the interface to the PC's graphics capability, and for those computers with the required adaptor, will display Aero, which includes ...

A Washington State woman has filed a class action suit against Microsoft, complaining that the PC she bought with a "Windows Vista Capable" sticker on it can't run a full version of the Vista ...

It’s been well over a year since Microsoft launched Vista, and it’s time for Microsoft to finally pull the plug on Vista Home Basic. Retailers hate it, users are annoyed and frustrated with it, and it ...

For example, I wandered into a local branch of office-supply giant Staples the weekend of February 3, 2007, to check out the prices on Vista upgrades and the availability of computers with Vista ...

If you’ve read part one and part two of this three-part series, you already know that Windows Vista is on the horizon and that it sports a number of useful features for a small business. But even ...

A class-action lawsuit alleging that the 'Vista Capable' stickers Microsoft had put on some PCs violated consumer protection laws has been allowed to move on to a jury trial A judge in Washington ...