Windows Vista is here, but does Microsoft’s ground-breaking OS live up to its promise? We put Vista through an extensive road test.

We provide the commentary on a bruising eight-round battle between Vista and Tiger.

Where's the #@$%? Device Manager in Windows Vista? Steve Polak exlains how to find all the system settings you know from Windows XP, in the sometimes confusing Vista interface.

More from the biggest Microsoft launch in ten years. Kodak, BigPond Movies and Sanity Music partnerships announced and explored in detail.

Windows XP users may find themselves lost when it comes to Vista. PC Authority looks at the most useful configuration settings between them.

We help you determine whether your current PC can run Vista and which version of the operating system best suits your needs.

Microsoft has always included a number of bundled applications with Windows, but Vista takes it further than ever. Here’s a look at the main attractions.

Will a beefed-up firewall, User Account Control and disk encryption make Vista a safer choice than XP?

What will you be buying, using and drooling over this year? Tim Dean looks at the astounding products and technologies due to hit in the next 12 months.

Jon Honeyball rails against Vista and travels to learn about Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

Is Vista’s suave new interface and menu system window dressing or a radical improvement in usability?

It was touted as the next big thing from Microsoft. But is Microsoft’s storage strategy in tatters?

At Microsoft’s grand unveiling of Office Beta 2, Vista and Longhorn, we ask why it’s being so bullish about this release.

Jon Honeyball laments the features that got away in the final Vista build.

Analysts praise early numbers, but long-term outlook still up in the air.

Jon Honeyball gets close to the next bona fide beta of Windows, gets in deep with printer ink coverage and still finds time to buy some new computers.

Packed with extras to target some of Vista’s interesting new features, but it isn’t quite the marvel we were hoping for.

'Vista Capable' proves to be anything but.

And $89bn in revenues for the IT industry, says Microsoft-sponsored report.

Vista logo programme to guide users to Vista capable hardware and software.