as for features in vista, I really like the built in audio mixer (independent volume controls per application instead of only global control), the window preview and the sidebar. Being able to have the calculator docked is a huge benefit over Alt+Tab-ing every 10 seconds. It’s also nice to monitor cpu/memory/hdd usage in real time (also without having to alt+tab). The Hardware support is also great… haven’t run into a single driver problem since just before SP1.
There are a lot more subtle changes too, that you wouldn’t notice unless using it for a while, that you really learn to appreciate.
I also don’t agree that vista is slow compared to XP, I actually think vista is snappier but that may be because I’m running 32bit XP in contrast to vista 64bit
Fixed some of what i said. I did that earlier before work, and was actually late…cleaned it up to fix some misunderstandings…
Saw this (click quote for article) posted on digg, reminded me of this thread:
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REDMOND, Wash.–After months of searching for ways to defend its oft-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft may just have found its best weapon: Vista’s skeptics.
Spurred by an e-mail from someone deep in the marketing ranks, Microsoft last week traveled to San Francisco, rounding up Windows XP users who had negative impressions of Vista. The subjects were put on video, asked about their Vista impressions, and then shown a “new” operating system, code-named Mojave. More than 90 percent gave positive feedback on what they saw. Then they were told that “Mojave” was actually Windows Vista.
](http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9998336-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20)
edit: don’t know much about the technicalities of it, but taken from the original website’s comments, it doesn’t sound very serious (A lot of conditions have to be met before the exploit will work)
we may suddenly see many similar techniques applied to other platforms or environments.
