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Technology Blog: Windows Vista Product Editions
by quincy, posted 10 September 2005, 6:20 pm |
Paul Thurrott over at WindowsITPro got the skinny on just what flavors of Vista there will be, two days ahead of the general announcement at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2005.
Here are the names and roughly what their current equivalent is, read the article for the full details:
Windows Vista Starter Edition - like XP starter
Windows Vista Home Basic Edition - like XP Home
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition - somewhere between Home and Pro
Windows Vista Professional Edition - like XP Pro
Windows Vista Small Business Edition - like XP Pro, but with more enterprise features
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition - like XP Pro, but with even more enterprise features
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition - hard to describe succinctly, like XP Pro, but more control for gaming, access to premium content (music, video, etc.), and more
So many different versions, seems a bit confusing, but each seems to have a different demographic firmly in mind.
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Technology Blog: Google's Customized Microsoft Search Page
by quincy, posted 9 September 2005, 6:38 am |
Here's a slightly strange fact, given Microsoft's position on Google (and to a lesser degree vice versa). Google has a customized search page which searches only Microsoft content (http://www.google.com/microsoft.html), and that page appears linked to by Microsoft http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?linkid=23818. The fact that Google has the page isn't really all that strange, it's that Microsoft is linking to it that is. A relic from years ago? A link created by some naive developer at Microsoft? Who knows, not bad fodder for conspiracy theories, though. Google page searches for Microsoft content.
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Technology Blog: Vista Itanium Uses Limited
by quincy, posted 9 September 2005, 6:29 am |
If you want to use your company's Itanium server with Windows Vista I sure hope you're planning on using it as a database, because that's pretty much all they'll let you run (well, and "custom and line-of-business applications"). Some of the things you won't be able to do include: fax server, Windows Media Services, Windows SharePoint Services, and file/print servers. Seems a bit strange to me. Announcing Target Workloads for Windows Server “Longhorn” Itanium-based Systems
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Technology Blog: Vista Good for Linux?
by quincy, posted 27 August 2005, 12:06 pm |
An article on XYZ Computing suggests that Vista will present an opportunity to the Linux on the desktop movement. The lack of compelling features in Vista, the many features already cut from what was supposed to be in Vista, and the high cost of a computer capable of being Vista ready combine to make the next generation Windows operating system less of clear choice for most users. This hesitation to upgrade could provide an opportunity for users to move to Linux, especially if manufacturers wanting to continue selling low-cost PCs increasingly sell pre-installed Linux (such as Walmart with Linspire, etc.). Vista to Open Doors for Desktop Linux
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Technology Blog: AMD Challenges Intel to Duel
by quincy, posted 23 August 2005, 1:17 pm |
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) took out full-page ads in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and other papers challenging Intel, and inviting them to a third-party, public processor test-off (of both companies' 64 bit dual core chips). No word on Intel's response...
AMD Challenges Intel to a Dual-Core Duel
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