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- Aero
- The advanced user interface in Windows Vista. In Vista, the visual experience the user receives depends on the version of Vista and the type of display adapter installed in...
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ZDNet Resources
- If I Were to Design Windows 7
- If I Were to Design Windows 7I license OS X from Apple and dump Vista...How could a company put so much money and so much time into an effort and come up with something so lame and mediocre? There’s only one company that really knows how to design operating systems,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Aero, Design Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Monkeys throwing bananas...and other great lines from the Troll culture
- Monkeys throwing bananas...and other great lines from the Troll cultureLike Beethoven at the keyboard .Microsoft .Coxisms[url=http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12558-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=45152&messageID=834512&start=-9961]Typical Coxism[/url]Gets me through the day with a 'chuckle'.What do you call ...... a MAC portable user?An AIRhead.Didn't amuse the MAC community ... and I'm not ananymous so I guess you'll have to disqualify it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, No_Axe_to_Grind, Vista Capable, Aero, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- Could Windows 7 be the best Windows yet?
- Given all the feedback that Microsoft has had from Vista users both negative and positive, could Windows 7 be the best version of Windows yet? Vista is turning out to be a bit of an enigma. While sales seem strong, users seem far from satisfied with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Aero, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)
- Windows Vista includes a new set of features that allow playback software to work with protected media. This DRM infrastructure is bitterly controversial, and it's given rise to an enormous amount of misinformation. No one has been more active or successful in spreading FUD and misinformation about this technology than...
- Tags: Protection, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, PC, Digital-rights Management, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Requirement, Reality, Aero, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Virtual PC 2007 too weak to offer help to those plagued by Vista compatibility issues
- Virtual PC 2007 too weak to offer help to those plagued by Vista compatibility issuesobvisly that fro backward compatibility MS has to support hardwareand i write "hardware" at the title purposely because when i installed VPC2007 it has not support basic hardware only , not graphics not wireless card and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Open Architecture, virtual-OS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, software, Aero, Microsoft Virtual PC, hardware
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- Maybe they're smarter than I thought
- Maybe they're smarter than I thoughtrecommend that you atleast know little bit before you speak like authority"I have come to appreciate the Windows environment, not for its technical superiority (in my mind, UNIX still reigns supreme) but for its accessibility to everyone."I'd recommend that you atleast read 'Inside Windows 2000'...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UNIX, Aero, graphics, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-06-25
- So what's wrong with Windows Vista Home Basic?
- If youre a typical consumer, most likely youve been running Windows XP Home since the day you bought your computer from your favorite retailer (online or in-person). You probably knew there was a Professional version of Windows XP but its quite possible that you didnt even know there was...
- Tags: Media Juggernaut, Vista, Microsoft, Retail, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Aero
- Blog posts 2007-02-03
- Rewriting Vista history
- Rewriting Vista historyVista Vista Vista.....after using the RTM for a month here is what I think of it.1. UAC isn't annoying this WILL vary from person to person but I am a power user and do more than most I might get a UAC prompt once a week and its...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Gawd, Aero, Hindsight, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Mary Jo
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- (Photos: Behind the scenes for Vista)
- (Photos: Behind the scenes for Vista)Vista BusinessWill Vista 'Business' edition have the Aero graphics are is it only for ultimate edition home edition?Looks like they have mostly Dell's they are testing and running on, the 3rd party applications would be a logistics nightmare as far as testing goes. I will...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Dell Computer Corp., Aero, photograph
- Discussion threads 2006-11-08
- Windows Vista: What
- Windows Vista: WhatFireWireFireWire is still supported for peripherals; the only chance is that it no longer supports IP over FireWire - which is a protocol for networking PCs together using FireWire instead of Ethernet, and which almost no-one usesDropping FireWire?The Wikipedia article says "IP over 1394 FireWire" is being dropped;...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Wikipedia article, Aero, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, FireWire, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Vista Mythbusters #5: Aero isn't rocket science
- Vista Mythbusters #5: Aero isn't rocket scienceRocket science isn't that hardAs a rocket scientist I know once put it "you only need Newtonian physics".AeroMS is going to have a lot of problems getting people to jump the XP ship. They made it too good to give up.http://opendomain.blogspot.com/Ridiculous!I'm pro-Microsoft and even...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Aero, graphics
- Discussion threads 2006-09-19
- Vista Mythbusters #5: Aero isn't rocket science
- Myth: You'll need heavyweight hardware and a premium Vista version to use the new Aero interface, and without Aero there's no reason to upgrade.Reality: The Windows Vista interface is essentially identical with all Vista versions. Aero describes a set of visual enhancements that will run on relatively modest hardware and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
- Will lame hardware cripple Vista?
- Will lame hardware cripple Vista?The lesson is to dump the lame hardwareYou can get a nice Vista premium capable machine for $400 easily. Simply take a discounted $250 machine and add some RAM and graphics power to it and you're done.Just as a contrast...---I have come to accept as...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware, OS Upgrade, Aero, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-09-15
- Vista's PC-rating tool gets a revamp
- Vista's PC-rating tool gets a revampWindoze Experience Index - ha, ha, hathis are just some new buzz words from M$ to blame the crappy windoze 'experince' on hardware.Get Linux and the 'experience index' will always be maximum compared to one that is subpar for windoze.Not to start anything, but this...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Operating systems, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Aero, Apple Inc., graphics, rep, tool
- Discussion threads 2006-07-07
- One more time ... Windows Vista system requirements
- One more time ... Windows Vista system requirementsI tried the ATi testto see if my video card was Aero capable, but it failed, even though I only bought the card about two months ago (it's a Radeon 9550 w/ 256MB DDR memory).Xgl with compiz works wonderfully on this same card....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 98, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Aero, Microsoft Windows XP, Xgl, Microsoft Windows 98 SE, software
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
Additional Resources
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me
- Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), AppŁe, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!
- Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!dre` typo, i think"...nothing I would lie better than to..."It's the cost, Adrianlook at the difference in price.if i paid that much for a "desktop" OS, you can bet that I'd convince myself it was faster ;)The other thing...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, workstation, Vista x64, Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop, server, Vist-___
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Topicscape Lite (exe)
- 3D Topicscape Personal Edition Lite uses the concept-mapping or mindmapping approach to allow ideas and information to be organized, but in place of the usual 2D sheet, it works in 3D. This sparks creativity and innovation by providing a tool to capture ideas - as they flow - in an...
- Tags: 3D, 3d-Scape, 3D Topicscape Personal Edition Lite, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
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