Microsoft wants to make sure consumers and small businesses know there are myriad ways they can acquire Windows Vista — particularly in premium versions — when it becomes generally available on Jan.

For example, I wandered into a local branch of office-supply giant Staples the weekend of February 3, 2007, to check out the prices on Vista upgrades and the availability of computers with Vista ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. continues to give itself room to further delay the release of Windows Vista. At its annual financial analyst meeting today, Kevin Johnson, co-president of Microsoft’s ...