First impressions...<\/p>\n
First thing, turn off UAC (User Access Control?). I find it almost impossible to get anything done when every program I launch is preceded by an obnoxious panicky confirmation box. That Apple commercial with the PC guy and his security guard\/lawyer who interrupts him every time he tries to say anything is spot-on - it's impossible to maintain any kind of 'flow' when you have to keep chatting with the OS. I have a task I want to accomplish, I know I'll need to use Program X to help, I launch program X, Vista panics and makes me think about Vista<\/i>, instead of the task I was trying to accomplish. So, off that goes.<\/p>\n
I don't like the new file Explorer. I'm a fan of the old-style (Win95) Explorer, but this new one, with it's auto-scrolling folder\/drive pane and hidden menus just confuses me. As usual, I have to turn off 'hide file extensions for known types'.<\/p>\n
The Aero UI is shiny and pretty. For XP and Win2K, I turned everything back to Win95-style. I think I'll leave this one as-is, though. The translucent windows are pretty, but being able to see through a window frame doesn't increase productivity or make anything easier - it's just eye-candy.<\/p>\n
The sidebar is nice. I've never been a fan of gadgets and junk on my desktop - I usually skip that because I tend to run certain apps full-screen, and so I never even see the desktop. But I'm going with dual monitors this time so I'll have room for them; and the Vista gadgets are so pretty, I just can't say no: the clocks, especially, are awesome. I don't think the headline ticker will stay - it looks like a little RSS reader, but I don't think you can set it to read arbitrary feeds - MS's only. <\/p>\n
The new icons are pretty. The way windows shrink when minimized is clever. <\/p>\n
The constant compatibility warnings are horrible. Seems like 2\/3s of the stuff I've tried to install has generated a warning - but it can never tell me what exactly is incompatible, so I guess I'll just have to take my chances... MS should've worked harder to make things backwards compatible. <\/p>\n
The lack of WinHelp is simply absurd.<\/p>\n
It boots incredibly quickly. You expect that on a brand-new system, because there aren't any start-up programs installed. But even with iTunes, Office and AVG, it's still very quick. It's even faster since I re-installed Vista and got rid of a lot of the crap that Dell had installed for me. No more Norton AV!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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