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Technology Lifestyle Plenty of surprises with Vista -- thankfully
Technology Lifestyle Plenty of surprises with Vista -- thankfully | Plenty of surprises with Vista -- thankfully |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Tuesday, 28 November 2006 | |
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Page 3 of 3 The new graphics are impossible to ignore, beautiful to see and will make you want to make absolutely sure that any new computer you buy between now and January 30, if you are doing such a thing, is absolutely Aero compatible. But after Vista’s January launch, only the very cheapest computers will have any issue with Aero, and by the end of 2007, will it be possible to buy a new computer that can’t run Aero?Featured Whitepaper
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As has been pointed out, while there are some inconsistencies here and there, the overall experience is one of great improvement in lots of little ways over XP and all the previous Windows user interfaces. For beginners, Vista will be simpler and more intuitive, right down to having little things like a search bar in the control panel, so if you’re looking for ‘printers’, and you can’t seem to find which section it’s in or section it’s under, you can just type in the word ‘printers’ and up will come the printer icon for you to double click. Indeed, the inbuilt-search and automatic defrag and automatic backup capabilities of Vista alone are long overdue omissions. Microsoft’s ‘Welcome Center’ is also chock-full of what seems to actually be useful information this time around. Those ‘help and troubleshooting centres’ always seemed to take you around in circles, never offering any real help. Vista is changing this too, with the whole integrated experience designed not only to really put an easy-to-use yet powerful operating system in your hands, but also to change the way you think about computers and Windows itself. That’s a tall order, one that Apple have achieved with the Mac. Microsoft wants it too. Vista is all about making the software work for you. While Microsoft won’t promise you’ll never experience another crash, Vista is stable, it’s easy to use, it’s fun to use and it’s a much nicer place to live than Windows XP. The final verdict (for now): Vista's official business release on Nov. 30 and January 30 won't hold any big surprises for those who choose to stay with Windows XP or another operating system. But for those who make the switch, whether at or near launch time, or after several months to see any bugs ironed out, plenty of good surprises await. Windows Vista is not another Windows ME. It’s Microsoft’s best operating system yet, and on November 30, it will finally be here for those that really want it, with January 30 the day for everyone else. Windows users need a new version, with XP showing its age. The only question now is what Apple will do, now that its best chance in a generation is here to capture more market share than ever before. A leopard can be seen hiding among the the trees of Microsoft’s Vista, ready to pounce. Could Apple possibly release it early at Macworld, stealing Vista’s thunder? Whatever Apple does, Windows Vista is the upgrade that we had to have, and it's finally here! {moscomment} |
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