You're right to be concerned. Windows Vista is far more demanding on PC resources than Windows XP. Microsoft has issued a set of minimum requirements for Vista, but there are two separate specs to be ...

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 ...

It’s official: On June 30, Windows XP enjoyed its last day as a readily available consumer operating system. Henceforth, it will be available only under a few marginal circumstances. People who ...

With careful planning, you can buy PCs that will both support Windows Vista and last well beyond today's standard life span Once upon a time, you could buy a computer that, despite being technically ...

The next version of Windows will grade performance. You'll have to decide whether to buy a new hard drive. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, ...

People are beginning to use 64-bit https://www.pcworld.com/tags/Microsoft+Windows+Vista.html on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS faster than they have ...

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 ...

Microsoft may be glad to finally get Windows Vista out the door, but consider the PC industry the second happiest bunch. After years of waiting, PC companies presented the new operating system to ...

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 ...