By Nasir Ahmadnasiramd@hotmail.com

Which comes first!

Hardware or Software?

Introduction

A latest operating system by Microsoft to utilize the maximum processing speed and storage capacity of an advanced PC.

Some Facts about Vista

• Vista released in Jan 2007• XP release in Oct 2001• Vista released after 5 years

of XP• Vista development started

before release of XP• Longhorn: before July 2005

Vista was Longhorn• Increase security

Windows Vista Flavors

• Windows Vista Starter• Windows Vista Home Basic• Windows Vista Home Premium• Windows Vista Business• Windows Vista Ultimate• Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows Vista Starter

Mainly to offer a legal alternative to using unauthorized copies.This edition sells only in "emerging markets" such as Mexico, Brazil, India, Pakistan, Thailand, People's Republic of China, Indonesia and the Philippines

Windows Vista Home Basic

199.95$

Home Basic targets budget-conscious users not requiring advanced media support for home use.

Windows Vista Home Premium

259.95$

This edition also supports additional features aimed for the home market segment, such as support for HDTV and DVD-authoring.

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Business Edition targets the business-market.

299.95$

Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Ultimate combines all the features of the Home Premium and Enterprise editions, plus the "Ultimate Extras" and stronger encryption

319.95$

Windows Vista Enterprise

This edition targets the enterprise segment of the market: it comprises a superset of the Vista Business edition. Additional features include support for Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packages, BitLocker Drive Encryption, and UNIX application-support.

Some End Users Features

• Updated GUI & Visual Styles• Windows Aero• Improved Searching Features• New Way of Digital Entertainment (DVD

Creator, Media Center, Media Player 11 etc)• Redesigned printing, audio, networking and

display

Some End Users Features

• Parental Control• Windows Meeting Space• Windows Mail• IE 7• Speech Recognition (Accessibility)

Some Advanced Features

• Backup and Restore Center (Ghost)

• Shadow Copy automatically• BitLocker Drive Encryption• .Net framework Version 3

for developers

System Requirements

• Vista Capable• Vista Premium Ready

Vista Capable

A Vista Capable or equivalent PC is capable of running all editions of Windows Vista although some of the special features and high-end graphics options may require additional or more advanced hardware.

Vista Premium Ready

A Vista Premium Ready PC can take advantage of Vista's high-end features.

Vista Capable

• Processor: 800MHz• RAM: 512MB• Graphics card: DirectX 9.0 capable• Graphics memory: 32 MB RAM• HDD capacity: 20 GB• HDD free space: 15 GB• Other drives: DVD-ROM• Audio: Audio output

Vista Premium Ready

• Processor: 1GHz• RAM: 1GB• Graphics card: DirectX 9.0• Graphics memory: 128 MB RAM or 512 MB

for greater resolutions• HDD capacity: 40 GB• HDD free space: 15 GB• Other drives: DVD-ROM• Audio: Audio output

Upcoming

• Service Pack 1 released in Jan 2008• Service Pack 2 in testing phase

Conclusion(Vista adoption lower than XP)

Biggest tech disappointment of 2007Windows Vista had cost 6 billion dollars to

develop• High system requirements• More restrictive licensing terms• New DRM (Digital Rights Management)

technologies• Lack of compatibility with certain pre-Vista

hardware and software

User Satisfaction Rate 1st Quarter 2008

Questions

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To find out answers of your questions.Thanks