Hasta La Vista for Microsoft Vista in India?

October 9th, 2006 Microsoft is making the last trial version (Release Candidate 2) of Vista operating system available to developers and beta testers before it releases the finished product. RC2 version of Vista can only be downloaded by TechNet and Microsoft developer network members.

February 3rd, 2007 Effectively this means that any retail upgrade DVD can be used as a fully functioning full retail copy of Vista. You can pay the price of an upgrade DVD version to get a clean Vista installation! The steps have been confirmed.

January 31st, 2007 An interesting journey of a Mac user who, attracted by shiny new Microsoft Vista, decided to move to Vista and after experiencing it decided to move back again to a "brand new, white MacBook" on which he told his story. His story is long but interesting.

September 6th, 2006 One of the core architects of Windows Vista is leaving Microsoft weeks after it emerged he would be re-assigned once Vista operating system is launched. Valentine led Windows code engineering for seven years and is joining Amazon as a senior vice president.

January 31st, 2007 Bill Gates claimed that Vista was "dramatically more secure" during an interview with BBC News. He said the improved security in Vista was a reason all by itself to upgrade from Windows XP.

July 22nd, 2009 Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companiesSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7 is complete.

April 21st, 2009 Windows Vista creates problems and comes out with failures every ten minute you use. Anything above normal and you can expect Windows Explorer in Vista to hang up invariably.

September 11th, 2007 I morally support BadVista campaign in as much as it helps educate people that: 1. Windows Vista is actually a downgrade (from Windows XP or Windows 2000) wherein you are forced to support DRM (for content producers) at your expense (CPU & Memory) forcing you to upgrade your hardware just to get reasonable performance out of Windows Vista (cost analysis).

March 12th, 2008 I had a hard time in selecting a Dell configuration from their website without Microsoft Windows Vista or other Microsoft software. We are a Linux house and have no need for Microsoft products on our machine.

March 12th, 2008 Dell in India doesn't offer the range of customizations that you would normally come to expect from them. Moreover calling Dell may have some unintended consequences like possibly a call from Microsoft.

March 20th, 2008 Editing boot configuration in Windows Vista is complicated for most users. You have to manually edit the BCEdit file using bcdedit.exe.

March 30th, 2007 I am minimally back online. The office renovation is in full progress.

December 2nd, 2008 Microsoft had long announced beta version of the second service pack for Windows Vista and Server 2008 will be out in the market. But in the late October, we didn't see anything like that excepting some private distributions.

April 18th, 2008 More than a year after Windows Vista's release, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and millions of sales later Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista to be a "work in progress". Windows Vista: A work in progress.

June 26th, 2009 Voila! Microsoft let all the jaw drops with a new announcement on Windows 7. The Redmond company declared today that consumers who buy the Vista PCs before the launch of Windows 7 operating system will get a free upgrade to the new OS - Windows 7.