A group within Microsoft Corp. recommended in 2005 that the lowest-priced version of Windows Vista be released without the “Vista” name because of concerns over “user product expectations,” according ...

Who’s buying new PCs with Windows Vista Home Basic? Judging by the name, you’d assume those OS editions would be loaded on underpowered machines headed for tract homes in the burbs and studio ...

I think that I've found a sure-fire way to spot the bargain basement cheap PCs that OEMs have on offer. Just look for these words - Windows Vista Home Basic. When I first read details about the Home ...

You may think of Wal-Mart as a down-market PC seller, but as emails in the Vista “junk PC” case show, Wal-Mart was furious at Microsoft’s Vista Capable scheme, and thought that Vista Home Basic never ...

Acer is talking openly about what many OEMs are privately expressing frustration over: the weak value proposition offered by Windows Vista Home Basic.<BR><BR> Story.

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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 ...

Amazon.com has begun peddling Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system on its Web site. The Internet giant is displaying the Vista logo and has priced the software at US$100 to $399. Pricing is ...

Microsoft has decided to offer six distinct versions of the Windows update. Here they are from simplest to most tricked-out. Windows Vista Starter Sold only on new PCs in emerging markets such as ...

Although it is still working to finish the code for Windows Vista, Microsoft has reached a decision on which versions of the operating system to offer. Microsoft has settled on six versions, including ...

A group within Microsoft Corp. recommended in 2005 that the lowest-priced version of Windows Vista be released without the Vista name because of concerns over “user product expectations,” according to ...

Documents show Microsoft debated whether Home Basic should be called 'Vista'; lawsuit alleges Vista Capable program inflated prices of PCs that could only run the low-end edition A group within ...