Server 2008: the host with the most: InfoWorld Chief Technologist Tom Yager isn't all about Mac, as evidenced by his fresh new review of Windows Server 2008. Microsoft has made great strides with the latest version of the OS, including the addition of "fine-grained, modular configurability [that] lets you shrink the OS footprint down to virtualization guest-friendly size, and Server Core drops the Windows GUI to Server 2008: the host with the most: InfoWorld Chief Technologist Tom Yager isn’t all about Mac, as evidenced by his fresh new review of Windows Server 2008. Microsoft has made great strides with the latest version of the OS, including the addition of “fine-grained, modular configurability [that] lets you shrink the OS footprint down to virtualization guest-friendly size, and Server Core drops the Windows GUI to dramatically reduce the memory requirements of a virtualized guest,” Yager writes. There’s plenty more to be said about Windows Server 2008. See for yourself right here.How to deploy Vista: Like it or not, if you run a Windows shop, you’re going to be moving to Vista. If that strikes you as a daunting process, fear not: InfoWorld has compiled plenty of tips and tricks to ease the migration. Of course, if you want to fight for more time to continue running XP, consider getting behind InfoWorld’s Save Windows XP campaign.Windows vs. Windows vs. Windows: Wrapping up this Windows-centric Test Center Tracker, Enterprise Desktop blogger Randall Kennedy asserts that comparing users’ perceptions today of Vista to their initial impressions of XP is illogical: “The introduction of Windows XP was a watershed moment for the PC industry, one that firmly cemented Microsoft’s role as the pace-setter for the desktop. Contrast this with Vista, which is basically Windows XP with more ‘stuff’ heaped on top, and you begin to see why so many users are balking at the upgrade message,” he writes. Technology Industry