| Ive been using Windows Vista on one of my | | | | innovations is when you hover over the tasks on |
| computers for the past month. Rather than write | | | | the bottom taskbar, it gives you a small thumbnail |
| about the experience before Ive had the chance | | | | of what that page looks like. This is perfect for |
| to fully try it out, I instead ran it through the | | | | having a few browsers open, and finding the |
| paces. I used it almost exclusively for one month. | | | | exact page you wanted without having to open all |
| So what did I think? | | | | of them. |
| This is one of the better operating system | | | | Something new for Vista is that it comes with |
| releases that Microsoft has done in recent years. | | | | voice recognition already installed. No real need for |
| Its definitely just a little better, and a little | | | | $200+ voice recognition programs. It worked |
| different than Windows XP, but not vastly | | | | pretty well for me. I was actually able to type in |
| different. | | | | a document or two with just my voice, and |
| I havent seen any patches released for Vista yet, | | | | control the entire windows environment. Its |
| and no real news on security holes. I found my | | | | definitely not a perfect implementation, but its still |
| system to run pretty smoothly, no need to | | | | pretty cool. |
| reboot often, and no crashes to date. This is | | | | One thing to keep in mind with Vista is that |
| pretty new for Microsoft, because normally it | | | | current hardware is a necessity. Vista really |
| seems that most of their systems need at least | | | | craves lots of memory, a fast processor and |
| six months to plug the holes, while Vista seems | | | | fast video card with lots of memory. If youve |
| to be pretty usable right out of the box. | | | | bought your computer in the past year, you |
| The User Interface is probably the most | | | | should be fine otherwise you might need to do a |
| improved and most altered. Things are just a little | | | | few essential upgrades before you install Vista. I |
| more transparent. And its just a little easier to | | | | highly recommend at least 1GB of memory for |
| multi-task. Its easy to have multiple windows up, | | | | most Vista users. |
| each doing different tasks. One of my favorite | | | | |