Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 13th Nov 2006 11:18 UTC
Last week, Microsoft announced that Windows Vista went gold, and was released to manufacturing. The release has been long coming (five years of work) and was surrounded by controversies, rumours of rewrites, and legal threats by Microsoft's competitors. We got our hands on the RTM build (Microsoft Windows 6.0 (Build 6000)), so read on for the first superficial look at Windows Vista Ultimate.
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RE[2]: First Superficial Look
by brewmastre on Mon 13th Nov 2006 12:58
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"First Superficial Response. No thank you. More glitz isn't what I want from an operating system. I want something that recognizes ALL of my hardware, is very fast, and stays out of my way so I can use the programs I need to do my job."
Yeah, I agree. MS is continually trying to "improve" Windows, but all that really mean is they are just dumping more crap into the OS and its interface. I used to think that the 'Category View' in XP was horrendous...until I saw the control panel in Vista. Now you have to look in the main window and the sidebar just to find anything. If you turn on classic view, you just get bombarded with icons.
Edited 2006-11-13 13:13
RE[2]: First Superficial Look
by Tom K on Mon 13th Nov 2006 19:49
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RE[3]: First Superficial Look
by Wowbagger on Tue 14th Nov 2006 06:54
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2006-05-19
First Superficial Response. No thank you. More glitz isn't what I want from an operating system. I want something that recognizes ALL of my hardware, is very fast, and stays out of my way so I can use the programs I need to do my job.