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 ...

Configuring a PC around the minimum hardware requirements of an application or operating system is lot like agreeing to live in a basement apartment. Sure, it will work as a place to live — if you don ...

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 ...

The real mover behind the ill-fated “Vista Capable PC” scheme may be Intel, not Microsoft, recent emails in the Vista “junk PC” lawsuit reveal. A Microsoft exec, in one of those emails, says that the ...

Most modern Windows operating systems will defrag your computer automatically, but you can do it manually if you have Windows ...

Some small PC makers are paying a price for Windows 7 upgrades, but they have given a vote of confidence to the OS as it could deliver more profits by attracting buyers to purchase new systems.