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Windows Vista Starter 2007
Posted Date: 25 Apr 2008 Resource Type: News/Announcements Category: General
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Posted By: sac Member Level: Diamond
Rating:  Points: 5
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Publisher
Microsoft
Web
www.microsoft.com
Status
Available in select countries
Introduced
29-Jan-2007
Latest
6.0
Design
GUI, Multi-threaded
Type
Workstation
Summary :
Windows Vista is Microsoft's newest OS. Its main technology changes include Areo graphics with a completely new look and feel, Indigo a messaging technology based on Web Services, Security upgrades, Anti-Spyware, IE7, and more.
There are a number of Home versions with different price points.
Starter: This is the most limited version of Vista, runs only in 32-bit mode and does not offer Areo graphics. It is limited to 119 emerging markets like India and Mexico. It wil only be offered by OEM and system builders in these select markets (i.e. not US, Canada, European Union, etc.)
News :
29-Jan-2007 Now available.
9-Nov-2006 Released to production (for OEMs), consumer release date set at January 30, 2007.
12-Sep-2006 Vista Beta 2 RC1 ships
23-May-2006 Vista Beta 2 ships
21-Mar-2006 Microsoft postpones consumer versions of Vista until January 2007. Corporate versions are still planned for November 2006.
22-Jul-2005 Microsoft announces product name - Windows Vista
27-Aug-2004 Microsoft to remove WinFS from first release to try and release Longhorn in 2006.
Oct-2003 - More details released along with a early beta at the Professional Developers Conference. See links below.
April-2003 - Microsoft at WINHEC announces Longhorn planned release in 2005.
Server version dropped. Project slips out another year to mid-2004 at the earliest. (Computer World 18-Nov-2002)
This is a new desktop OS, planned for release in 2003 or 2004.
(InfoWeek Dec 10, 2001, pg 45).
Requirements :
Product Windows Vista Starter
Processor 800 MHz processor
RAM 512 MB
Drive space 15 GB (Beta 2 RC1 will not install with less than 11 GB)
Drives DVD drive required
Video Vista Capable:SVGA with DirectX capable graphics processor - 128 MB recommended
File systems NTFS, FAT32
Compatibility :
Support for legacy WIn32 applications, but existing Windows apps may need to be modified to be native under Vista. Applications with drivers will need to be updated for Vista.
Interface : View Vista Desktop Screenshots and more
Installation :Requires installation into NTFS partition. For multi-boot situations, it will alter other Windows boot partitions and attempt to take control, so we recommend hiding all partitions from Vista during installation.
Variants :
Windows Starter 2007
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Basic N (No Media Player)
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Business N (No Media Player)
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Enterprise
Compare features of each Variant
Versions :
Windows release timeline
May-2004 Build 4074
May-2005 Beta 1
Dec-2005 Beta 1 updated
Feb-2006 CTP Test build
Apr-2006 Customer Preview
May-2006 Beta 2
Sep-2006 Beta 2 RC1
Oct-2006 Beta 2 RC2
Jan-2007 6.0 First release
Early 2008 SP1*
*estimated
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