Despite fears to the contrary, a North Carolina technology assessment company determined that running Vista Aero (the fancy graphical UI elements) doesn’t slow down your computer compared to the less ...

Whenever anyone mentions the Windows Vista operating system, someone is bound to bring up the fact that Windows Vista is slow and takes up to much in the way of system resources and that is needs some ...

AMD pointed up today the graphics power its 960 chipset (pictured here aboard an ASUS motherboard) offers, with an integrated ATI Radeon X1250 processor. Indeed, AMD says the chipset's integrated ...

Myth: You'll need heavyweight hardware and a premium Vista version to use the new Aero interface, and without Aero there's no reason to upgrade. Reality: The Windows ...

Nearly two years ago Microsoft announced that Windows Vista would sport a so-called "tiered" graphical experience. The user interface would remain the essentially the same no matter what graphical ...

Lately, there has been a rash of unscientific reporting around the issue of Windows Vista and notebook battery consumption. Some customers have apparently reported decreased battery life under Vista, ...

Windows Vista's Aero looks and effects are generally nice to look at, but when you're trying to squeeze the last bit of power and life out of a battery, or just running some memory-hungry stuff, you ...

Microsoft's new Aero Glass GUI - one of the cornerstones of the company's Windows Vista marketing message - is a joy to behold. Aero's sleek, semi-transparent facades serve to enhance the user ...

Microsoft Corp. responded yesterday to discussion of Windows Vista’s over-hearty battery appetite by acknowledging that the new operating system’s fancy graphics use more power. But it downplayed the ...

The default Firefox theme doesn't match Windows Vista very well—but with a few extensions and a Stylish script, you can customize Firefox to use a slick, well-integrated look with Vista Aero ...

If you’re like Adam over at Lifehacker who has a copy of Vista but a graphics card from 1997, nVidia’s got you covered. The latest entry-level GeForce 7200 GS is their cheapest standalone graphics ...