Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Vista Capable?

For those  of you who bought Windows computers with the label "Vista Capable" on them with the thought that maybe you would later upgrade to Vista - well, don't be so certain. A lawsuit has been filed against Microsoft charging the company with deceptive practices as many of the machines with "Vista Capable" labels would only be able to run Vista Home Basic!

Further details can be read at:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?email&NewsID=19776
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