What’s new
Flavors of Vista Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Ultimate
What does it look like? icon replaces “Start”, “File”
“Instant Search” Programs Files/documents Internet Embedded information
“New Menu” Documents Pictures Music Recent Items Computer Help and Support
“Create shortcuts”
My files
Gadgets: Mini-Applications Stocks Calculator Media Player Calendar Notes
Sidebar & Gadgets Conveniently display your Gadgets
Sidebar & Gadgets Set opacity to hide your gadget Mouse over to highlight your gadget
UAC User account control
Vista Capable (Minimum Specs) 800 MHZ 512MB RAM DirectX 9 Capable (WDDM Driver Support recommended) Meets criteria for "Designed for Windows XP" or "Designed for Windows XP x64" logo
Vista Premium Ready 1 GHZ 1GB RAM DirectX 9 Video Memory 64MB, Recommended >128MB 40GB HD 15GB Free memory DVD-ROM Drive