Category Archives: Windows Vista

Robert McLaws has a good post up "The Vista Reality Distortion Field Continues" that talks about how fashionable it is to bash Vista among some tech writers and "journalists". As he notes, I also remember the shrill caterwauling that went … Continue reading →

Paul Thurrott has a very positive review of Vista SP1 here. Lloyd Ketchum has a bit of a rant about all of the Vista naysayers here. As I have said before, I have had pretty good experience with Vista. I … Continue reading →

TechNet Australia has a short review where the author (who is a Microsoft employee) is very happy with the results after installing Vista SP1 on his Toshiba R500 laptop. If you feel like really geeking out, Microsoft’s Mark Russinovich, has … Continue reading →

If you are running Windows Vista, you should consider applying these two updates from Microsoft. First is the December 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update that fixes lots of issues with 3rd party and Microsoft applications.  Second is "An update … Continue reading →

Microsoft has made the RC build of Service Pack 1 available for public download here. The release notes are available here.   Technorati Tags: Vista Service Pack 1

Microsoft KB article 943899 describes the fixes that are available in this update. Here is how Microsoft describes it: This update improves performance, responsiveness, and reliability of Windows Vista in various scenarios. This update resolves the following issues on a … Continue reading →

NewsGator’s founder and CTO, Greg Reinacker has a recent post proclaiming his new found devotion to all things Apple. I have previously blogged about Apple Love here, and Vista bashing here. It’s very unfortunate that Microsoft has let Vista become … Continue reading →

ZDNet’s Ed Bott has done some benchmarks that show a pretty dramatic improvement in network file transfer speed to/from Windows Home Server and the RC version of Vista SP1. Previously, he blogged about five ways to improve startup performance with … Continue reading →

Over the last several months, a growing group of people that I know have succumbed to Apple Fan Boy syndrome.  It started with two guys who took the afternoon off to wait in line to get an 8GB iPhone the … Continue reading →

Microsoft has an update that is titled: "An update is available that improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista" I have actually installed this update on a couple of different Vista boxes with good results. I just wish … Continue reading →