[Wolves] My first look at vista

[David Morley]

On 05/02/07, Alex Willmer <alex at moreati.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 18:47 +0000, David Morley wrote:
> > I was asked to look at a Vista machine today to see why the internet
> > didn't work.
> >
> > So my view it's xp with a different theme it's not 3d in any shape or
> > form.  Yes it's prettier but under that everything works the same as
> > it did in xp.
>
> Bare in mind that:
>
> - Windows Vista comes in a large number of editions, with Aero (3D
>   bling) only included in the more expensive ones.
> - Aero has much higher minimum requirements for the video hardware,
>   128 MB of video RAM according to Wikipedia.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista#Editions_and_pricing
>
> So you may not have seen
> Apart from the bling, I ee little about Vista that's compelling. The
> search box in the Start menu seems a nice touch, but I doubt MS are the
> first to have done it.
>
This was a bling edition and there was only 1 thing I liked the live
preview of minimized windows

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