Coming To A Computer Store Near You
If you are in a store that sells computer software this coming Tuesday, you'll be able to buy Microsoft Vista. But I wouldn't if I was you.
Windows finally gets a facelift is a review written about the new Microsoft offering and after taking it all in I'm of the opinion that only the computer nerd with the most-expensive systems out there need trying to install it.
In the span of five years, Microsoft Corp. promised its most advanced operating system ever and then yanked key features to meet deadlines that were missed anyway. Details of what would later be known as Windows Vista sounded suspiciously like Apple's Mac OS X.
Yet Vista, which finally appears on store shelves and new PCs next Tuesday, manages to largely overcome its long, tortured prelude. Though it duplicates some of the feel and functions of the Mac software, Vista includes its own improvements that take security, reliability and usability to new heights on the PC.
My God - how could you even think that Bill Gates would steal ideas from other companies!
By default, the right side of the screen is filled with small programs known as gadgets, displaying headlines, weather, microprocessor loads, memory utilization -- whatever. (The idea isn't new: Mac OS X has "Widgets," and other companies have offered similar lightweight application layers for years.)
The default gadgets in Vista look great but aren't terribly useful. The Really Simple Syndication gadget, which pulls headlines from news sites and blogs, only displays four items at a time.
And finally - this takes the cake. They've gotten rid of the Start Button. Jeez......
