Vista received well-deserved criticism for bringing few noteworthy new features in its train when it arrived to take over from Windows XP. In contrast, Windows 7 offers plenty of new stuff to like.

Vista’s new security features. analysis. Jan 27, 2006 5 mins. Careers Security Technology Industry. ... I’ve been using several versions of Microsoft’s Windows Vista for the last few months.

When you purchase a new PC, the price for Windows Vista is essentially the same as the equivalent XP edition, but you get a more robust, attractive, usable, and secure operating system with some ...

A Shiny New Interface. Vista’s new interface and multi¿media features may be the system’s most visible enhancements. Windows XP is looking a little long in the tooth, and Vista’s new ...

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 offers no dramatic interface changes or new operating system features, focusing instead on better operating system performance, reliability and application compatibility.

Bring Vista's Best New and Improved Apps to XP. First, aside from some of the small operating system improvements we'll go into below, Vista also bundles up a few new and improved applications ...

One of Windows Vista’s most controversial new features is User Account Control (UAC), which attempts to protect your system from malware by forcing you to authorize certain system-altering ...

Windows Vista offers a number of new features that might make it a worthwhile upgrade even if the games aren't here yet. By James Yu on February 16, 2007 at 11:24AM PST. 1142 Comments.

Microsoft will introduce a new system for fighting software piracy with its upcoming Windows Vista and Windows Longhorn Server operating systems, the company said Wednesday. Called the Microsoft ...

Windows Vista is here at last. One of the largest software projects ever undertaken, Vista is indisputably a milestone — despite Microsoft's having abandoned many of its most ambitious goals for ...

Redmond sees Windows Vista as a big step up over XP for photographers, but it's adding more image-management options through Windows Live Photo Gallery. ... "It's adding new features.