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Christmas Shopping: Vista Over XP?
Federico Biancuzzi, 2006-12-05

Microsoft has announced Vista's release dates. From a security standpoint what choice should consumers take during this Christmas shopping season? Most will be faced with Windows XP only or Windows XP with Microsoft's Express Upgrade option to Vista. Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a wide range of security researchers and anti-virus folks to get some consensus on the security of Vista over Windows XP for consumers, with some advice for corporate users as well.

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Christmas Shopping: Vista Over XP? 2006-12-06
Leonardo A. M.
The truth is that in the long run it is expected that Vista will provide a safer environment for the user than XP does, because of a better architecture.

But I wouldn´t advise a security conscious user to adopt Vista in the first moment. It´s better to wait and see. An operating system is a huge ...

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