James Kendrick over at JKontherun blog has got Vista and Aero glass working on a Tablet PC with 32MB of video RAM. The bad news? Not much else worked.
Here’s how he tells it : “The tc1100 only has a 32 MB video controller which is not enough to automatically enable the slick Glass effects […]
Michael Dell has confirmed beta testers’ assessment of the hardware reuirements for running Windows Vista as at least 256 Mbyte of GDDR, as well as high-capacity SATA hard drives, “more” system RAM for “wider pathways” and a high-resolution display.
According to Tom’s Hardware :
Mr. Dell told reporters that any computer that should be so described, requires […]
In a classic case of poachers turned gamekeepers, hackers (or, the “security research community”) have been helping Microsoft sort out IE7 at the Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Of course, we’ve know this sort of conversation has been going on for a while : remember the Black Hat drinks party at the […]
Mini-Microsoft, the MS maverick, recently reformed, responds bitingly to the following comment on the Windows Vista/Longhorn “Reset” of last year. This is the interesting comment :
FWIW [For what it’s worth], the Longhorn reset was due to the fact that the main folks were distracted with Windows Server 2003 SP1 and then Windows XP SP2. During […]
According to ComputerWorld’s Julian Bajkowski, the New South Wales Office of State Revenue (OSR) “is taking a tough stance against Microsoft’s decision to make an enterprise edition of Windows Vista only available to companies that have signed on to its Software Assurance program.”
It seems that the Tax Collection agency would rather move to alternative desktop […]
Windows Vista will include a new implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite known as the Next Generation TCP/IP stack. The new stack, which will figure in both Windows Vista and Windows Longhorn Server, is a total redesign of TCP/IP functionality for both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
A full list […]
[Via SuperSite for Windows]
There’s a detailed description of each of the Seven Product Editions of Windows Vista at WinSuperSite. Although this page has been up for a while, it’s worth visiting for more information on the relationship between the Editions of Vista.
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Microsoft is promising that computers run on Windows Vista will start up and shut down in 2 - 3 seconds. The official site reports :
Windows Vista computer starts and shuts down as quickly and reliably as a television, typically within 2 to 3 seconds. Windows Vista processes login scripts and startup programs and services in […]
Last week’s Wall Street Journal article continues to resonate around the blogosphere. Now Paul Thurrott reporting for WinInfo, calls the Longhorn Reset “a train wreck”.
This refers to the events of July last year when Windows chief Jim Allchin approached Bill Gates and told him Windows was broken. It was just too complicated, with too […]
A screenshot of the calendar in Windows Vista Beta. The shot shows the Aero Glass effect which will require a video card with 256MB of Ram.
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Microsoft beta testers are confirming what has been leaked many times, that Vista will work best with a 256MB video card. According to DigiTimes, the requirement will push up sales of video cards next year.
Systems featuring the Vista OS will need graphics processor units (GPUs) that supports 256MB of memory, said the makers, adding that […]
Microsoft is playing safe with Windows Vista, hedging its bets by serving both PC and web-focused directions, says CNET News.com.
Evolving plans for Vista envisage more web-based technologies and services, while simultaneously “introduces OS level technologies that take the web out of the browser.”
With Windows Vista, for example, it seems that Microsoft is focusing on the […]
Preston Gralla over at O’Reilly asks the question.
Google’s applications are simple, lean, and elegant — everything from Gmail to the Google Toolbar, Google Maps, Google News, and more. It may ultimately even build Internet-based applications like a word processor. … Google appears to be proving that in an Internet-centric world, the operating system may […]
It’s a familar refrain these days : web-based services, by Google and others, are encroaching on the sacred turf of Microsoft’s massive Windows platform.
Web 2.0, as it’s clumsily called by some, is a growing tidal surge of easily accessed applications on the web. A “thin client” is all you need. The Windows/Office “thick client” […]
“Google threatens Microsoft’s position on the Internet, and could potentially lock Microsoft out of its existing distribution channels and reduce the value of Windows.”
~ Recent memo written by a group of Microsoft executives
That, in a nutshell, is the biggest fear haunting Microsoft as it celebrates its 30th anniversary with a major Company Meeting and a […]
ATI, the graphics chip developer, has told Tom’s Hardware Guide that graphics drivers specifically developed for Windows Vista will be far more stable than the XP equivalent.
Ben Bar-Haim, Vice President of ATI’s software division said that users will be able to identify Vista supporting graphics cards by a “Vista ready” logo, which will have further […]
In the runup to Microsoft’s Company Meeting 2005, the new, ascerbic inside-MS blogger, Who da’Punk, has a few choice words about Windows Vista :
So in your dream Company Meeting, what would you like to see? Here, I’ll share a few:
Dates: I said it once, I’ll say it again: I want some dates for all of […]
David Berlind of Microsoft Vistulations is currently putting the 64-bit version of the Windows OS through its paces. He reports that Vista’s User Access Protection (UAP) feature is not yet up to scratch in its handling of Bluetooth technology. Logging on in the Lesser Privileges mode designed to protect the computer from “overriding” incursions, he […]
This is how the Aero Glass 3-D graphics feature will show Media Center in suitably-enabled versions of Windows Vista.
[Via Mavromatic]
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If you haven’t yet visited our other blog, Microsoft Weblog, you may be interested in some of the inaugural posts :
Register snubs Scoble … Again
Media Center in Windows Vista (screenshot)
Microsoft restructures its organization
b5media officially launched
Office 12 “star of PDC05″
These two blogs are intended to be complementary. So please pay our alter ego a visit.
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