Microsoft has come up with a cool name for their Migration Wizard on Vista for those using XP or Windows 2003 and its called Alohabob which sounds like a Hawaiian nerd. When it comes to transferring data and applications between Windows version, its been a tiresome journey as third party tools are more stabil and favourable compared to the default tools on Windows. It is said that Alohabob will make the application transfer experience easier and faster for customers, which is something Mac users have been enjoying for some time now…..Lets wait and see.

Microsoft is planning to release its recently acquired application migration technology, known as Alohabob, along with the first release candidate for Windows Vista later this quarter. Microsoft acquired the Alohabob technology with the purchase earlier in 2006 of application-transfer specialist Apptimum. At that time, Microsoft said its plans for Apptimum’s intellectual property and technology assets were focused on streamlining the application transfer process between older and newer computers, with an emphasis on Window’s Vista migration.

Migration from Windows XP to Vista with Alohabob

Why upgrade your good looking Windows XP when you can transform the interface to a Vista one with Vista Transformation Pack 5 ….No backup or silly hardware problems to worry about…Now that’s what I call productive.

This program will transform your Windows user interface to ultimate Windows Vista look that everyone will never notice it’s the same old Windows XP (or 2003)

Vista Transformation Pack will replace many of the resources in Windows XP/Windows Server 2003. It can change such things as:
. Boot screen
. Welcome Screen / Logon Screen
. New msstyles files (visual styles)
. New desktop and file icons
. New toolbar icons
. Progress Dialogs
. Sounds scheme
. System Tray icons
. New Wallpapers
. Windows Media Player Skins

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How about another one of those PR blunders at a Microsoft site ? This time its on Microsoft Canada’s site and what Engadget managed to scoop up at “Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report” over at ZDNet blogs is the pricing on Vista packages coming end of 2006…..It’s a lot of money for those still using pirated software…Be ready to fork out some cash. I hope it won’t be that expensive over here in Asia.

Now all I want for Christmas is a free upgrade to Vista for my Windows XP…Anyone care to sponsor me ??? I have 2 laptops to take care of.

Although the items have since been removed, Bott managed to copy down the prices, and they read as follows: $499 for Ultimate, $379 for Business, $299 for Home Premium, and $259 for Home Basic, with the corresponding upgrades listed at $299, $249, $199, and $129, respectively.

In the next few weeks, good old MS will be releasing the RC1 build of Vista but if you can’t wait, then you may already have the new Vista Pre-RC1 Build if you are one of the lucky select ones. Judging the response so far from the Windows enthusiast sites out there, the performance and installation speed of this Vista release is pretty fine if you ask me. Now all I need to do is try to get my old Pentium 1 PC out and trying booting this Vista….if its possible.

Officially pegged as Build 5536.16385, the preview of Release Candidate 1 (RC1) marks significant progress toward the final, Microsoft claimed. “We have made a lot of progress since Beta 2 and 5472, and we think you will notice the quality improvements that we’ve been seeing in the daily builds,” wrote Nick White, a Vista program manager, on the group’s blog.