Cheap Vista for everyone - how to
Microsoft is running an unadvertised sale on Windows Vista. For the price of an upgrade edition requiring an existing copy of Windows, anyone can have a stand-alone version of Vista that will run on any PC.
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12.2.2007 No cheap upgrade to Vista for Mac users
After years of delays and billions in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft Corp. would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system.
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23.2.2007 Used Microsoft Software for Sale: Cheap!
When Microsoft software reseller
Disclic began selling secondhand Microsoft software last week, a number of Microsoft watchers proclaimed "They can't do that, can they?"
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15.11.2005 Pirate Bay to offer cheap, unlogged VPN
Back in July 2008, torrent tracker The Pirate Bay announced plans to encrypt the Internet. That hasn't happened yet, but they plan to offer a VPN tunneling service to the public starting April 1.
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24.03.2009 Cheap Upgrade Versions of Win 7 Top Amazon Sales Charts
Microsoft's half-price promotion for Windows 7 upgrades have attracted the attention of Amazon shoppers, according to the company's sales rankings.
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28.6.2009 Dead Cheap Windows 7 OEM/System Builder, Pricing Details Revealed
How would you like to buy Windows 7, all major editions, at prices half of those for the retail versions of the operating system? Sounds like a pretty sweet deal? Well, that’s because it is, with the exception of a few small downsides.
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3.9.2009 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.2008 The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
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15.2.2008 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer
In past we have reviewed number of application to recover product key like Product Key Finder, WinGuggle, Windows product Key Finder.
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1.11.2009 Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2
Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack.
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27.12.2007 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista
32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
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4.1.2008 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's
The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
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10.6.2009 Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1
With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
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4.12.2007 New Vista OEM Activation Hack - Vista Boot by gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog and to our forum members to clecha, Nighthief and fitterphil120 for most of the findings. One again the “Chinese” come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however “ Vista Boot by gkend” does promise even more.
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21.5.2007 Windows Vista on Super Nintendo, As Real As Vista on PSP
We're puzzled and confused... How can a console that's at least ten times less powerful than the acclaimed PSP cope with Windows Vista's requirements?
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15.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking
Enough with benchmarking the OS - let’s see if Office 2007 is any faster on Vista SP1.
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26.2.2008 Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Needs to Speak the Same Language as Vista RTM
Microsoft says that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 needs to speak the same language as the RTM version of the latest Windows client. Otherwise there's no game.
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2.4.2008 Vista SP1 to Cure the Vista RTM Wow Hangover
When Windows Vista was unleashed in January 31, 2008, Microsoft was promising performance, security, innovation, all wrapped up under an umbrella of a Wow user experience.
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11.4.2008 Vista-For-Free coupon with Vista ready PC's
Microsoft and the world's leading PC vendors have reached an agreement to promote the long-awaited Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.
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11.10.2006 Can Vista SP1 help polish Vista’s tarnished image?
Call it complaining. Call it whining. The end result is the same: Windows Vista’s image is tarnished. And it’s corroding more and more rapidly as the weeks are going on. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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21.8.2007 Vista SP1 Features the Same Sins as Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 comes with the same sins as Windows Vista. The service pack is not even out the door, and is already putting users at risk.
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16.1.2008 Will Vista SP1 Go Where Vista Never Went? Even with XP SP3 and Windows 7?
Throughout 2007, it became painfully clear to Microsoft that the main competitor for Windows Vista was not Apple's Mac OS X or even the open source Linux operating system but Windows XP, and, in fact, specifically XP SP2.
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1.3.2008 New Vista AutoPatcher - Vista update toolkit Alpha
Vista Update Toolkit Alpha (Windows Vista Updates Downloader) is a FREE program which downloads updates directly from Microsoft. All files are very useful with vLite!
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26.9.2008 Vista SP1 – Microsoft Could Not Have Given Less – Vista SP2 Anyone?
Microsoft had the chance to position the first service pack for Windows Vista as a panacea for the operating system, giving the platform nothing less than a fresh start and another take at the Wow.
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3.10.2007 Vista SP1 Rolling Over for Vista SP2
Vista SP1 did not do the trick for your RTM copy of the operating system? While such a scenario is highly unlikely, Microsoft is getting closer and closer to taking Windows Vista to the next level, again.
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7.12.2008 Vista SP1: Indictment of Vista 1.0?
Microsoft’s announcement that it is preparing a Vista Service Pack 1 beta in two weeks is curious on many levels. Although Microsoft delivers improvements via service packs I can’t help but consider Vista SP1 a do-over.
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30.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP2
We are all well aware of the limping start of Vista on the OS market. Despite the fact that its launch had been highly anticipated for a good while, contrary to all Microsoft expectations, Vista was received with great reluctance and unwillingness on the part of XP fans.
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13.12.2008Upgrade Time: 16 Services So Cheap its a Shame Not to Pay
We typically make an effort in our lists to bring you free services, but sometimes the ones that do require you to pay are so insanely cheap, it seems
silly not to do the upgrade and get the extra benefits. Weve gathered up 16 from the śIf youre using them, go for the upgradeť column. In most cases,
youll be happy you spent a couple of measly bucks for a decent upgrade.
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27.02.2008Vista Home Premium: $86 Shipped
Good deal at Micro Center: The OEM version of
Windows Vista Home Premium for a mere $80, 1/2 or 1/3 of the retail price and $22 less than Neweggs normal price. With $6
shipping you can be enjoying Vista on the cheap. Just remember that, as an OEM version, it can only be installed on one computer and cannot be moved
to another PC later on.
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02.10.2007Do Microsoft users want cheap Office or Web-based Office?
Mary Jo Foley: Would some of the folks clamoring for Microsoft to release a completely Web-based version of its Office suite be just as happy if
Microsoft released a stripped-down Office that was really cheap, or maybe even free and advertising-supported?
I think they
would. I am an Office user. I dont have a need for a Web-based version of Office, as I only create, edit and manipulate my Office documents on my
laptop. I dont want or need to log into Office from some other computer somewhere else. I seldom need or want to collaborate with others on documents.
I believe I am not alone.
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05.03.2008Microsoft installs XP, Office on cheap Portuguese laptop
Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the
country's technological edge in education.
Portugal started rolling out the "Magellan" computer at schools last month. It aims
to hand out a total 500,000 of the laptops, which cost just 50 euros ($69.29) for school children, at home and export it to countries in Latin America
and Africa.
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03.10.2008Initial Intel 'Nehalem' CPUs as cheap as chips
Pssst! Want an Intel 'Nehalem' processor on the cheap? Well, just go and ask the chip giant for one. It's 2.66GHz 'Bloomfield' CPU
has been price at just $284, it has been claimed. That's the batch price, of course. To get it, you'll have to buy a 1000 CPUs at once -
boxed Bloomfields will come in slightly higher than that.
As previously reported, the 2.66GHz Bloomfield - Intel's desktop Nehalem -
will also be made available in 2.93GHz and 3.2GHz versions. The pricing, posted by Chinese-language site HKEPC, confirms the latter will be an
Extreme-branded gaming PC part - it'll cost $999. The mid-range Bloomfield will cost $562.
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14.07.2008MIT Picks Maker of $100 Laptop
Quanta will manufacture cheap
laptop for distribution to the
world's children...
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14.12.2005Auto makers demonstrate the interactive car
During CES 2008 on Monday, it seemed the idea of automotive electronics finally came unto its own, evolving from cheap accessories into useful, and
even potentially productive, components...
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08.01.2008Vista licence options make Macs look cheap
A UK property asset management
company is examining Apple
Macs and Linux desktops to cut
its dependency on Microsoft in
the wake of the software
giant's aggressive licensing
options.
Capital &
Regional has about 700 PC
users and currently runs
Windows XP Pro and Office XP
Pro, Chief Information Officer
Richard Snooks has hit out
Microsoft's aggressive
licensing policies.
"We are feeling the pinch
of the aggressive revenue
targets of Microsoft," Snooks
said. "We are asking
ourselves, 'Are they
(Microsoft) fit for our
business?'"
In
particular, Snooks isn't
convinced by the arguments for
upgrading to Microsoft's
latest Windows operating
system, Vista, and is actively
looking at alternatives,
including a small trial of a
Suse Linux desktop inside the
IT department. ..
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11.07.2007Rein: "$1bn? We're not that cheap"
Epic VP offers wry response to latest speculation about Microsoft's plans to acquire.
A speculative editorial in US magazine
GamePro has set the blog rumour mill in motion by claiming that Epic will be bought by Microsoft for $1bn by the summer.
In the
latest issue, the magazine's assistant editor points out that Epic's knowledge of the 360 platform, work on key first-party IP Gears of War - and of
course its booming business creating and licensing Unreal Engine - makes them a ripe partner for the format-holder.
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20.02.2008Quad-Core on the cheap: AMD Athlon II X4 620 reviewed
AMD is launching a new series of affordable quad-core processors today under the Athlon II brand name. Based on the 'Propus' architecture and
built using a 45nm design process, the new series is intended to help AMD secure the low-end portion of the market, as Intel's Core i5 750 and
LGA1156 platform have clearly made life difficult for them on the mainstream front. This is essentially the same Deneb architecture that is used by
the Phenom II X4 series, except for the L3 cache which has been removed from the Athlon II X4 parts.
Read full story.....
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16.09.2009Lean, Cheap Media Centers
Prove Popular
The digital home remains a
dream, but lower prices spur
interest in Media Center PCs,
analysts report...
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15.09.2005Some cheap PCs not eligible for Microsoft's free Windows 7 upgrade
Many potential buyers of laptops priced under $300 in the United States had an unpleasant surprise over the weekend: The machines would not be
eligible for a free upgrade to Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system.
Wal-Mart and Best Buy attracted plenty of buyers
for laptops during a promotional offering of laptops priced under $300. Some of those laptops sold out just one day after the offers began. The prices
were respectable considering the generous features, including large screens, better graphics, and DVD drives, which are not typically found in most
low-cost netbooks today.
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31.07.2009Consumer Versions of Windows Vista Available Early
The official launch of Windows
Vista is planned for January
30. Some online retailers
have, however, made the
operating system available
early. mwave.com states that
it has Vista 32-bit Home Basic
OEM for $89.90, Vista
32-bit Home Basic OEM 3-pack
for $268.90 and Vista
32-bit Business OEM for
$139.90, all in stock and
ready to ship. Vista Home
Premium and Vista Ultimate are
currently unavailable.
Customers are limited to two
copies of Vista Home Basic OEM
or Vista Business OEM and they
must be purchased with
hardware for licensing
reasons. You can probably get
away with ordering a really
cheap piece of hardware and
still saving a lot over the
retail price of Vista.
Overclockers UK has previously
also started listing OEM
versions of Vista.
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22.01.2007Consumer Versions of Vista Available Early
mwave.com lists several
editions of Windows Vista as
in stock and ready to
ship
Although the official launch
of Windows Vista won't take
place until January 30, that
hasn't stopped some online
retailers from making the
operating system available
early. mwave.com is listing
three Vista SKUs on its
website that are in stock and
ready to ship.
The OEM versions
of Vista listed on
mwave.com's website are
significantly cheaper than the
retail pricing for Vista
listed below:
* Windows Vista Home Basic,
$199/$99.95
* Windows
Vista Home Premium,
$239/$159
* Windows
Vista Business,
$299/$199
* Windows
Vista Ultimate,
$399/$259
The editions available
include Vista 32-bit Home
Basic OEM (Microsoft Part
Number: 66G-00576) for $89.90,
Vista 32-bit Home Basic OEM
3-pack (Microsoft Part Number:
66G-00613) for $268.90 and
Vista 32-bit Business OEM
(Microsoft Part Number:
66J-02289) for $139.90. As of
today, there were no listings
for Vista Home Premium or
Vista Ultimate on the
site.
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22.01.2007DX11 Will Be Included With 7
Despite what was talked about this week, it has been confirmed that DirectX 11 will be included with Windows 7.
Here are a few notes from
PCGH:
"One of the APIs, Direct 3D 11, has been revealed to include GPGPU, tessellation and improved multi-threading support, the latter
meaning better gaming for those who use multi-core processors. Tessellation and Shader Model 5.0 will require hardware which supports
the new
API, but for the stubborn and/or cheap folk, parts of Direct3D 11 will be supported on 9/10/10.1-class hardware."
Also, unlike the
release of DX10 relating to XP, Vista users will be able to take advantage of DX11 too, because there will also be a Vista release.
This
will most likely make DX11 more widely used than DX10 simply because it's available on more platforms.
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26.11.2008Vizio debuts new plasmas, introduces high-end line
The quickly growing company will soon have plasma displays as cheap as $599, and is showing an interest in breaking into the high-end market with its
XVT models...
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27.06.2008Alltel offers subscribers slideshow tool, but it doesn't come cheap
Alltel Wireless has rolled out a new offering called MyShow that allows subscribers to create picture slideshows using pictures that are taken through
a phone's camera or stored on the device through an external memory card...
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22.07.2008Putting terabytes of memory into servers, the cheap way
Disk drives have only recently begun to be measured in terabytes. MetaRam CEO Fred Weber is talking about putting terabytes of memory into servers.
The San Jose, Calif.-based company, which is just coming out of stealth mode and has received money from three of the four founders
of Sun Microsystems, has devised a chipset that effectively lets computer makers or owners double or quadruple the amount of memory in their systems
fairly cheaply. A standard two-processor server on the market right now might have a ceiling of 64GB (gigabytes) of memory. By inserting DIMMs (dual
inline memory modules) equipped with MetaRam's chips into the same server, the capacity can go to 128GB or 256GB.
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25.02.2008Vista Versions Not so
Confusing After All
Yesterday Microsoft released
information about how Windows
Vista will be packaged when
it?s ready for retail delivery
later this year.
When the rumors of Vista
versions first began flying
several months ago, there was
much confusion between whether
all these versions would be a
good thing or a bad
thing.
Set
aside the Starter version,
which is designed for use on
cheap PCs in emerging markets
(Thailand, Malaysia etc.) and
won?t be sold in the U.S.,
Europe, and other major
markets.
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02.03.2006Samsung Aims for Higher End of Cheap Phone Market
Samsung Electronics Company
Limited will be very selective
in choosing new markets for
its mobile phones and will not
take on handset leader Nokia
in the cheapest models, said
Samsung Chief Executive Yun
Jong-yong: " Nokia is very
strong as a maker of cheap
phones. We cannot compete
against it in those (models).
That's why we are very
choosy ." He said the
South Korean group only chose
markets and customer segments
where it believed it could
succeed. Focusing on cheap
phones would not fit its brand
image, but with 60-70% of
future mobile handset sales
forecast to be in developing
markets, Samsung could not
ignore them. He noted that
Samsung would aim for the more
luxurious of low-end products
in such countries. Yun said
Samsung has the advantage of
making its own screens and
memories, meaning the world's
third-largest maker of mobile
handsets does not lose profits
to subcontractors.
Samsung reported on Friday
that it sold 34.8 million
mobile phones in the first
quarter, helped by stronger
sales of lower-end models in
China and other new markets.
Its mobile phone margins rose
to 13% from a revised 7% in
the fourth quarter, though
average selling prices fell by
8%.
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