Our knowledge about the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista which is code named as Longhorn Bringing Clarity to your world.
Today we live in a world of more information, more ways to communicate, and more things to do. There is more you can do and even more you can discover. Every day, millions of people around the globe rely on their Windows PC to manage their increasingly digital lives. While familiar tools for managing digital information are powerful, today’s world requires more. In today’s digital world, you want the PC to adapt to you, so you can cut through the clutter and focus on what’s important to you.
Introducing Windows Vista™ : It enables a new level of confidence in your PC and in your ability to get the most out of it. It introduces clear ways to organize and use information the way you want to use it. It seamlessly connects you to information, people, and devices that help you get the most out of life.
Windows Vista is the latest release of Microsoft Windows, a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops. Before its announcement on July 22, 2005, Vista was known by its codename Longhorn.
On November 8, 2006, Windows Vista development was completed and released to manufacturing. Over the next two months it was released to MSDN, TechNet Plus and TechNet Direct subscribers, computer hardware and software manufacturers and volume license customers. On January 30, 2007, it was released worldwide to the general public, and is available for purchase and downloading from Microsoft’s web site. These release dates come more than five years after the release of its predecessor, Windows XP, making it the longest time span between two releases of Windows.
According to Microsoft, Windows Vista contains hundreds of new features;
some of the most significant include an updated graphical user interface and visual style dubbed Windows Aero, improved searching features, new multimedia creation tools such as Windows DVD Maker, and completely redesigned networking, audio, print, and display sub-systems. Vista also aims to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network using peer-to-peer technology, making it easier to share files and digital media between computers and devices. For developers, Vista introduces version 3.0 of the .NET Framework, which aims to make it significantly easier for developers to write high-quality applications than with the traditional Windows API.
Microsoft’s primary stated objective with Vista, however, has been to improve the state of security in the Windows operating system. One of the most common criticisms of Windows XP and its predecessors has been their commonly exploited security vulnerabilities and overall susceptibility to malwares, viruses and buffer overflows. In light of this, then Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced in early 2002 a company-wide ‘Trustworthy Computing initiative’ which aims to incorporate security work into every aspect of software development at the company. Microsoft claimed that it prioritized improving the security of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 above finishing Windows Vista, significantly delaying its completion.
During the course of its development, Vista has been the target of a number of negative assessments by various groups. Criticism of Windows Vista has included protracted development time, more restrictive licensing terms, the inclusion of a number of new Digital Rights Management technologies aimed at restricting the copying of protected digital media, and the usability of new features such as User Account Control.
What are Windows Vista’s System requirements?
That depends: to run Vista Home Basic, the minimums are an 800MHz or faster processor, 512 MB of memory, graphics hardware capable of SVGA resolution, a 20GB hard disk with at least 15 GB of free space, and a CD-ROM drive. Or to run Vista’s Areno interface, you will need a graphics card that can handle DirectX9 graphics APIs with Pixel Shader 2.0 3D texturing, has a Vista Display Driver Model Driver and at least 128MB of graphics memory, and supports 32 bits per pixel.
Vinay Kumar Gupta
B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering (2009 Batch)
on Mar 2nd, 2009 at 7:28 am
i cannot understand what the title of post means ….. windows vista is nowhere …. and you are talking about next generation OS… you may have talked about Windows 7
on Mar 9th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
M$ has accepted that vista was a piece of trash…. saw a demo of windows 7…. guess was good in terms of graphics and other stuff..well the functionality would only come into picture when it is officially released…lets c
on Apr 20th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
hello sir,
this article was written when windows vista was just launched.
But it was posted lately in Udgaar .