Are you Vista ready?

Publication: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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COPYRIGHT 2005 Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Byline: Aman Batheja

Nov. 27--Those in the market for a new computer probably have a checklist worked out: It has to have the right monitor size, be able to handle all the right tasks and come installed with the right software.

But shoppers this holiday season might want to consider one more potentially crucial sticking point: Is it Vista-ready?

Microsoft is preparing to release a new operating system next year called Windows Vista. The most recent Windows updates have essentially been sleeker upgrades of the previous version of the operating system. With Vista, Microsoft says it will offer a far more secure system that offers a rich, 3-D interface and improved search function. Reviews of early releases of the system have been mixed.

Users of Macintosh computers are unaffected by this change. Macintosh released its latest version of its operating system, Mac OS X Tiger, this year.

But for...

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