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Gateway's midrange DX420X is a strong midrange desktop that's primed for smooth Windows Vista performance. If you can live without an HD disk player, we recommend this Gateway, especially if you're looking for some extra performance.

The Aspire L310 works as a trim, affordable computer that will also serve light home-theater-PC duties. It doesn't offer as much room for improvement as its competition, but as long as you don't have plans for upgrading or running Windows Vista full bore,

The Pavilion m7690n Media Center TV PC will play both high-def movies and 3D games, and it's also ready for Windows Vista, for less than $2,000. No other PC we know of can make that claim. If you're in the market for such a system, this is a steal.

At CES 2007, we take a look at this 17-inch Windows Vista game laptop that has two graphics cards combined to offer 1GB of video RAM.

Find out what's new in the latest version of Windows, and what you should be aware of before you buy.

Windows Vista is essentially warmed-over Windows XP. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough for everyday use.

Fear change? Tom Merritt shows you how to make the Vista interface look and act like good old, familiar Windows XP.

Neha Tiwari of CNET News.com visits CompUSA for the midnight release of Windows Vista.

Windows Vista Home Premium is essentially warmed-over Windows XP Home Edition. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista Home Premium is st

Windows Vista Home Basic is essentially warmed-over Windows XP, Windows XP SP3. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista is stable enough

Talk to your computer and it will do what you say. We'll show you how to set up speech recognition in Vista.

Windows Vista Business is essentially warmed-over Windows XP, which we see in our video review. If you're currently happy with Windows XP SP2, we see no compelling reason to upgrade. On the other hand, if you need a new computer right now, Windows Vista i

The eMachines T5224 has a sleek new look, runs Windows Vista and delivers respectable budget performance with most of the features you'd want, but we think you can find a better PC for the money if you shop around.

Despite some niggling design flaws and the lack of 3G support, the HP iPaq 510 Voice Messenger offers outstanding voice-command features as well as the enhanced productivity tools of Windows Mobile 6.

There are many reasons not to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista. Here are our five favorites.

Turn off the automatic daylight saving time in Windows and avoid confusion from the new spring-forward and fall-back dates.

OS X has some easy shortcuts, just as Windows does! Veronica Belmont walks you through in this Quick Tip.

The Dell XPS M1210 upgraded to Windows Vista is a pricey but powerful system for those who want a smaller laptop with few compromises.

The Verizon Wireless PN-820 offers mobile professionals a decently performing Windows Mobile smart phone in a functional flip-phone design.

The Philips GoGear SA4010 (1GB) and SA4020 (2GB) are stylish, budget MP3 players that fit comfortably in your fist and support Windows Media Player PlaysforSure and WMA DRM10 subscription content.