Windows Vista Home Basic could be the most pointless edition of Windows that Microsoft has ever released. Let me be clear: I like Windows Vista. I applaud it, in fact. It's the smartest, ...

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 ...

Everyone knows Windows Vista is a resource hog. Everyone says it doesn’t even get out of first gear without a gigabyte of RAM, and it takes 2 GB before it stops stuttering and stammering with each ...

Back in 1998 there was one consumer Windows OS release tier, just like in 1995. Come 2001, there were two: Home and Professional. In 2007, there will be four: Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you want Vista, yet this is all you can run, you'd be better off putting the money towards a new PC Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can ...

A story is making the rounds that Windows Vista Home Basic and Home Premium do not support backups, and that to properly backup or recover a system, a user would need to upgrade to a more expensive ...

A white paper by Microsoft's internal Windows product marketing team recommended that the company avoid the "Windows Vista" name on the Home Basic version of the operating system, according to ...

It’s been well over a year since Microsoft launched Vista, and it’s time for Microsoft to finally pull the plug on Vista Home Basic. Retailers hate it, users are annoyed and frustrated with it, and it ...

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