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2007 was an eventful year for Microsoft, with the company playing what it considered to be its trump card (only to discover Vista wasn't trumps, XP was). But the lovable giant had its fingers in many other pies -- making for a year of management changes, entry into unclaimed markets and new alliances.
Microsoft has released more details of what SP1 will bring to Vista, but Microsoft has advised Vista systems may experience sluggishness as a result of the upgrade -- or little performance difference at all.
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