

Many of the features touted in Vista are available for XP through third-party programs.

On top of all that, it has to compete against Windows XP, the current version of Windows, which Microsoft will continue to sell for another year. And with most computer growth coming from emerging countries, Windows has to compete with Linux, a rapidly growing, community-built operating system that is cheaper than Windows, but less easy to use. It has to move faster to keep up with Apple, which has fewer programming resources yet cranks out innovative annual upgrades to an operating system that, like Windows, now runs on Intel-based PCs. Google ( Charts) is clearly Microsoft's biggest challenger in such systems. It could lose customers to a new generation of browser-based applications that don't rely on any particular operating system. It has to move faster to keep up with changes in today's computing world, where more people will link to the Internet through cell phones than through desktop PCs.
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Bush is the end of the line for Nimitz-class warships - which first took to sea in 1975, the same year Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft - it may be time for Microsoft to say hasta la vista to big, multiyear, complex software projects. But just as the nuclear carrier George H.W. Vista is definitely not the end of the line for Windows there's plenty more to do to make it run better. Ultimate users can store their BitLocker passwords on a secure Microsoft server, just in case. The Vista Ultimate and Vista Enterprise versions have built-in BitLocker Drive Encryption, which keeps data safe and private even if you leave your laptop in the taxi. The new User Account Protection requires entering a password for various actions, which, along with a feature called Windows Defender, keeps out (in theory) viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, phishing attacks and other nasty programs.Įven so, Microsoft's built-in firewalls and other protections still fall short - no anti-malware program is perfect - and I strongly recommend adding a third-party security program like Symantec's forthcoming Vista version of Norton Internet Security.
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As a result, though, Vista may drive you crazy with warnings every time you install a new program, download a file or otherwise mess with your system. The core code, or kernel, has been barricaded to prevent rogue software from commandeering your computer. Microsoft has recycled the Windows XP line "Most secure Windows ever" for Vista, and it's true.
