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40 years of Windows: How Windows 7 cleansed the sins of Vista
14 Aug 2025 19:14 GMT
… lots of problems. "Windows Vista Capable" PCs didn't … subject of a class-action lawsuit — and the operating system itself …
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Business lessons from Windows Vista: Insights from a forgotten trove of internal Microsoft emails
23 Jul 2024 17:16 GMT
… were made public in a lawsuit against the company a few … machines to receive the “Windows Vista Capable” designation, which signaled their suitability … machines that qualified for the “Vista Capable” sticker were unable to run …
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Was Windows Vista Really That Bad—or Just Misunderstood?
08 May 2023 14:34 GMT
… , saying that they were “Windows Vista-capable” despite them not being truly … even earned the company a lawsuit.
There were also other problems …
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Microsoft’s Most Embarrassing Product Failures
17 Jun 2022 13:00 GMT
… a lawsuit alleging the company misled customers by putting a “Vista capable” sticker …
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Windows 11: Déjà vu all over again?
22 Jul 2021 11:56 GMT
… stating which machines were "Vista Capable."
[ Related: What enterprise … . A lawsuit charged Microsoft with deceiving consumers with the Vista Capable program, which … change in system requirements, calling Vista Capable PCs "junk" and …
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Microsoft’s Disappointing Surface Go Reportedly Used x86 at Intel’s Insistence
27 Aug 2018 13:41 GMT
… full Vista accelerated UI as “Vista Capable.” Users bought these machines, … As a result of that lawsuit, nearly 200 pages of private … public.
I covered that lawsuit for Ars Technica at the … team discussing how the “Vista Capable” definition would be changed …
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