Perhaps you should forget about Vista and Windows 7 altogether, opting for the mature XP instead? The choice might be easy. If you have old or extremely basic hardware, for instance, then XP will ...

Comparing the Windows Vista retail pricing at launch to the Windows 7 retail pricing at launch, the differences are much more notable. The Home Premium upgrade version has dropped $40 and the ...

Build 7600.1685 has been chosen for the RTM, and our colleagues at ZDNet Germany used this version to test the performance of Windows 7 against Vista and XP on various platforms. The time it takes ...

Windows 7, which the company hopes will have a smoother introduction than its predecessor, Windows Vista. While Microsoft has sold more than 180 million copies of Vista, perceptions of it continue ...

Despite initial performance issues, Vista paved the way for Windows 7's success and modern Windows features. In the history of Windows operating systems, a few versions have developed a very ...

There's nothing "early" about the rumored H2 2009 release date of Windows 7. Last June, I argued that Windows Vista was the functional equivalent of Windows 95, with plenty of wrenching ...

Likewise Microsoft hasn’t said anything about editions (and pricing) other than to indicate that they probably won’t mirror the Vista lineup. Microsoft has said all along that Windows 7 would ...

Good news: the next version of Microsoft’s Windows OS appears to be less of a resource hog than Windows Vista. Microsoft announced Wednesday that a beta version of Windows 7 will be available ...

This guide will walk you through how to setup Windows Vista and Windows 7 so that your computer is updated properly and securely. We will also cover Ultimate Extras, which is a benefit of ...

Microsoft released Windows 7, which many critics hailed as the greatest operating system ever made. It received praise for its sleek design, user-friendly desktop interface, and features similar to ...

Windows Vista only: We took a liking last week to the Windows 7 calculator and its many uses for serious mathletes, as well its templates for calculating mortgages, salaries, and other real-world ...

then Vista (despite all its quirks) just scrapes into first place for this category. Our award is for a strictly limited time, though, as we'd anticipate Windows 7 moving swiftly into the top spot ...