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 ...

Speaking to a crowd of hardware engineers last week, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates trumpeted the fact that the company has sold 40 million copies of Vista since the operating system hit the market.

How does Windows Vista love thy computer? Let it count the ways. Microsoft is building into the new operating system a tool that will rate a PC based on how well it is running and on how much it can ...

People are polarized about Windows Vista. Very polarized. While some cannot wait for the final version to be pressed onto DVDs so they can install away to their heart's content, others are very ...

Sometimes the march of technology can lull us to sleep. Consider the personal computer. Even as PCs have developed insane levels of memory and power, enabling fantastic storehouses of videos and ...

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 ...

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 ...

PC vendors were putting on a brave face Wednesday in the wake of news from Microsoft Corp. that the consumer version of the Windows Vista operating system would not ship in time for pre-loaded ...

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 ...

Personal computer manufacturers and sellers, fearing that Vista's imminent release might lead consumers to hold off on billions of dollars of purchases over the holidays, have been discounting ...