Windows Vista Review

[Xx Legacy xX]

It's been five years in the making. Hundreds of thousands of man hours have gone into its development. Millions of words have already been written about it. Some have already written it off, others can't wait to get their hands on a copy.

 

Finally it's here. This is the latest episode in the Microsoft soap opera. This is Windows Vista. Has it been worth the wait?

 

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On the face of it, Vista has its work cut out. There's no doubt that the move from XP to Vista was never going to be as dramatic or ground shaking as the move from the much-derided Windows 98 to XP, no matter how hard the Microsoft spin machine worked at convincing us it was. After all, there's not nearly quite so much to fix with XP, which has, by-and-large, done a decent job of running home, business and, latterly, entertainment PCs throughout the land for a good while now.

 

There has been the odd security bump along the way and, sure, it has the odd annoying foible, but apart from the fact that it's beginning to look a little long in the tooth, XP is still in rude health. Has Vista got enough in its locker to persuade millions of users to make the switch? Read on to find outâââ¬Ã¦

 

Just Window Dressing?

 

Cynics will tell you that Vista is just XP with a brand new wardrobe - underneath it's just the same old operating system. And yes, to a certain extent that's true. But in the case of Vista's rather swish-looking Aero interface, it's more than just pretty version of XP. This is a makeover that's worthy of the name.

 

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If your PC or laptop has the hardware (we'll deal with this issue in more depth later) you'll get transparent windows that let you see through them to what's behind and much more sophisticated animations than with XP. Minimised Windows fade out and gracefully slide into the taskbar, live previews appear as you hover over minimised application buttons in the taskbar, and the whole look and feel is a lot more mature than XP. If you've downloaded and used Windows Media Player 11, you'll already have a good idea of how Vista shapes up âââ‰â¬Å it's slick, no doubt about it.

 

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There are other ways in which Vista shows off its new 3D capabilities though, apart from the transparency and glass effects. There is now an alternative to the old Alt-Tab method of switching between applications called Flip 3D. Hit the Windows key and Tab and instead of flat, anonymous icons, you get previews of all your currently open windows stacked in 3D. Hit Tab while holding down the Windows key and the stack smoothly cycles through each one, just like a virtual Rolodex. The more frivolous sidebar is a nice touch too. This takes a similar - albeit altogether more attractive - approach to Google's Desktop sidebar. You can dock various 'gadgets' here, including a clock, sticky notes, an RSS news feeder, a photo slideshow, contact list and various other handy mini-applications.

 

*this artical was not made by Legacy*

[TheMasterSnail]

Ok last week i finaly got a newc omputer running windows vista and from all the bad reviews and things about vista i dont see what all the fuss is about. yeah you need a computer with good specs to run it but these days you can get them cheap if u look for the right price.

have a few problems tho. there is still programs out there that vista just will not run for some random reson and vista will just randomly freeze every now and then but im very impressed!

im now duel booting windows vista and xp and that gives me all the flexibility i need

[Curtis]

Do not use only vista!

 

Vista is terrible.

[Sassy Pants Editor]

Eeeeeeeeeeee. AN ERROR HAS ACCOURED IN YOUR APPLICATION...

ERROR CODE

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KDSHGJKHDSGJKHDSGHDSGDS'

DSGJKHDSGJKHSDGJKDSGHJKHDSGJKDSHGJKLHDSAGJKDSHGJKLHDSGJKDSGHRWHRUKRHRSGHSADKHG54

5614561DS32F41D56F1DS56F1D561F65A4F6D

5DS4F56DS4F5DS4FSA4F6D5S4F6DS54FDS64F6D4F6SA4DF5D64D86FD4

DUMPING PHYSICAL MEMORY....

 

*DUN DUN DUN DUN*

 

Well gee, Bill Gate sure likes error codes.

[ilovegurls]

Windows Vista is great with all of the current updates it gets.

[HaloGen713]

There is one problem i have with windows vista, its called "copying." Mac OS 10.4, tiger, is nearly the identical OS. Lets see.

 

#1. Windows Calender, Windows Mail. iCal, Mail.

Something similar, don't you think? They even copied the colors!

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#2. Spotlight, (Tiger) Instant Search (Vista)

However, Instant Search is much better because instead of being in the upper right, its in the bottom left.

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There are also some other things that i hate about vista, one being viruses, i went through 3 vista computers before i gave up and bought my MacBook. So, I am a diehard mac fan now, and i despise vista.

 

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[Dark Slipstream]

Vista has a good appearance, but to get the most out of it you should uninstall whatever came with it. That way you get maximum speed, and just decrease the speed with what you want on it. But XP is and probably always will be faster, and more secure.