links for 2007-01-05

Windows XP and Windows Vista Performance Compared

Links to a Microsoft funded study to compare the performance of the XP and Vista interfaces. The jist seems to be that Aero doesn’t slow things down.
Altiris Solutions for Automating Windows Vista Migration

Possibly useful for enterprise migration.
MSDNAA: Release of Windows Vista Business DVD

If you’re in the MSDN Academic Alliance, Vista Business is now available to you for download.
Upgrading to Vista: Denied?

A great chart showing if you have to do a clean install, or if an upgrade is an option, depending on the OS you are running now.