Windows Vista Logo Program for Systems Version 3.0

The next generation of the Microsoft® Windows operating system is one of the largest product development investments by Microsoft in collaboration with the PC industry. The Windows Vista™ client operating system is targeted to both Consumers and Businesses with new features, functionality, and enhancements that will fundamentally change and improve the computing experience.

In conjunction with the development of the Windows Vista operating system, Microsoft is developing a hardware logo program based on a set of performance, quality, and feature metrics that will help consumers understand and seek out the best computing experience that Windows Vista has to offer. Building from the foundation of the "Designed for Microsoft Windows® XP" Logo Program, the new program is designed to help you build and sell compelling products based on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system to a market readied by significant Microsoft marketing investment. Qualifying for a Windows Vista Logo will differentiate your products with the promise of a great Windows computing experience.

For your customers, this will bring clarity:

• By enabling a new level of confidence in their PC and in their ability to get the most out of it, through such features as Aero, parental controls, enhanced security, and improved diagnostics.
• By introducing clear ways to organize and use the information, helping them focus on what matters to them, through such features as integrated search, virtual folders and the IE RSS Reader.
• By seamlessly connecting them to information, people, and devices that helps them get the most out of life, through such features as device sync, presentation sharing over ad hoc wireless network and media sharing in their home.