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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

No Aero graphics. No Media Center. No remote control. Is there any point at all to Vista Home Basic? Acer, the world's number four PC maker thinks there is none. According to them, it's a lemon. The ...

I've got a HP Pavilion dv6000z notebook with Windows Vista Home Premium. My notebook is not amazingly powerful and seems to work a whole lot better with the Windows Vista Basic color scheme instead of ...