Myth: You'll need heavyweight hardware and a premium Vista version to use the new Aero interface, and without Aero there's no reason to upgrade. Reality: The Windows ...

Whenever anyone mentions the Windows Vista operating system, someone is bound to bring up the fact that Windows Vista is slow and takes up to much in the way of system resources and that is needs some ...

Our friends at the Tech Report have an interesting article on-line tonight (or this morning depending on where you're from!) investigating the effect Windows Vista's Aero interface has on power ...

Nearly two years ago Microsoft announced that Windows Vista would sport a so-called "tiered" graphical experience. The user interface would remain the essentially the same no matter what graphical ...

If you’re interested in the history of Windows, you probably know a bit about “Longhorn,” Microsoft’s internal codename for the OS update that would eventually become Windows Vista. Microsoft planned ...

Windows 7 users are aware of the Aero Shake, Aero Peek, Show Desktop functionality present in Windows 7. Should a Vista user want, he can now easily add these functions to Windows Vista, with WinShake ...

Microsoft Corp. responded yesterday to discussion of Windows Vista’s over-hearty battery appetite by acknowledging that the new operating system’s fancy graphics use more power. But it downplayed the ...

Palo Alto, Calif.—DisplayLink Corp. is offering its Virtual Graphics Card (VGC) software version 4.3, which allows all DisplayLink-based network display systems, including USB graphics adapters, ...

According to speed measurements of more than 60 common business chores, which were conducted by North Carolina-based Principled Technologies for Microsoft, using the Aero interface "had little or no ...

Microsoft released Windows XP in 2001, and then released its successor, Windows Vista, in 2006. During the long development period of Windows Vista, implementation of various functions was considered, ...

Microsoft's new Aero Glass GUI - one of the cornerstones of the company's Windows Vista marketing message - is a joy to behold. Aero's sleek, semi-transparent facades serve to enhance the user ...