Microsoft Partners to Offer New Windows Vista-Ready Products for Holidays

Today at DigitalLife 2006, Microsoft Corp. announced the holiday availability of PCs, software, hardware and games that will work with Windows Vista™.

More than 250 hardware and software products from over 50 industry partners have received either the Certified for Windows Vista logo or the Works with Windows Vista logo created to help consumers more easily identify software and devices that are compatible with the new operating system.

The Works with Windows Vista logo helps ensure compatibility, and the Certified for Windows Vista logo indicates that a particular software or device will help deliver a superior end-user experience when used with a PC running a Windows Vista operating system.

During his opening keynote address, Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of Windows Client Marketing at Microsoft, emphasized the breadth of products on the market come the holidays that will work with Windows Vista.

“We are thrilled that so many of our industry partners are working with us to bring Certified for Windows Vista software and devices to market this holiday season,” said Sievert. “This certification helps ensure our customers will have a great experience with these products now, and an even better one when they are using them with Windows Vista. These products will make a great gift for the holidays that gets better with Windows Vista.”

All the products shown in Sievert’s keynote are undergoing the logo testing process, and all will be available this holiday season, including NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards; Logitech’s Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser, MX Revolution Mouse, ChillStream game pad and QuickCam Ultra Vision; and the InterVideo WinDVD and WinDVD Creator.

These products represent a sampling of the many devices and applications Microsoft’s partners are releasing today and in the coming months that take advantage of new features like improved graphics, increased stability and enhanced security in Windows Vista.