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