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sekblondie

...System (Vista)? Vista is supposed to come out in the near future... I'm wondering if someone would tell me either a useful opinion or some information I may not know about it. I'm not sure if I want to make the switch right after it comes out or if I should wait a year... Thanks!

dothan_mike

I normally suggest that people wait 2-6 months before they move to a new operating system.

This is for many reasons.

For one, as time has moved on, Operating Systems have gotten a lot more complex. And along with this, comes the greater chance for mistakes. And because almost everybody uses the internet, it is much easier to take advantage of these mistakes when they are found.

15 years ago, changing OS was of no importance. DOS 5 offered little that DOS 3 did. Now, the changes are much more important. And with each new version of Windows, it has to work under an increasing range of hardware.

If anybody thinks MS is lazy, think about this: They write an operating system that must work on millions of different varations of computers. Tens of thousands of video cards, sound cards, network cards, and modems. ANd there are hundreds of different Processors and Motherboards that they have to work on as well. Just trying to test on 10% of them is almost impossible. And most of the drivers are not written by Microsoft, but by these hardware manufacturers. MS is not to blame if the driver to your nifty sound card does not work, they did not write it.

I suggest you wait for the first major patches before making the move to Vista. That will let the hardware makers and MS find all the glitches and hopefully get them fixed. And they will happen. It is not sloppy code, it is simply the sheer number of things that are out of the control of MS. But they normally do a very good job of fixing all the problems within a few months.

...Sky the Limits...

The New Vusta is simply a new trend by Microsoft...

Just like WindowsXP, when it was out, we were all impressed with the interface...well, Microsoft did it again, but this time, with the usage of 128x128 icons...sounds really big in size, but looks cool though...

The interface is totally differect:
- they used subclassing to change the titlebar colors for the Windows;
- Start Menu has a search option to search in Start;
- comes with the new Internet Explorer 7.0 which supports Tabs (Like Mozilla FireFox);
- doesn't support the majority of the hardware, and requires approved hardware signiture to install, just like what Microsoft did starting with Windows 2000...XP drivers don't work on Vista;
- comes in 7 different versions + 2 versions for Europe!!!

Edition & Description:
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1. Starter Edition:
Much like the Windows XP Starter Edition, this edition will be limited to emerging markets mainly to offer a legal alternative to piracy. It will be severely limited, for example only allowing a user to launch at most three applications at once. This is the only edition that will not support 64-bit processors.

2. Home Basic Edition:
Similar to Windows XP Home Edition for budget users not requiring advanced media support for home use.

3. Home Basic Edition N:
Identical to Windows Vista Home Basic Edition except Windows Media Player is not included. This edition is mandated by European law, to allow more competitiveness among media applications available for Windows.

4. Home Premium Edition:
Based on the Windows Vista Home Basic Edition, this edition will additionally support more advanced features aimed for the home market segment, such as HDTV support and DVD authoring. This edition will be comparable to a Windows XP Home edition combined with features from the Windows XP Media Center Edition and some additional features.

5. Professional Edition:
Comparable to Windows XP Professional, and aimed at the business market. Adding support for Windows Server domains, which all Home editions will lack. This edition will be bundled with a new version of the IIS (Internet Information Services) web server.

6. Professional Edition N:
Identical to Windows Vista Professional Edition except Windows Media Player is not included, for the same reason as with Home Basic Edition N.

7. Small business Edition:
This edition is aimed at small businesses lacking an IT staff. It will have a number of integrated system maintenance features, although not enough to be classified as a full fledged server. It will support backup and shadow copies, integrated fax and scanning utilities, and a special version of Microsoft's upcoming antivirus tool, Windows OneCare Live. It may also come with a pre-paid Microsoft Office Live! subscription.

8. Enterprise Edition:
This edition is aimed at the enterprise segment of the market, and functions like a superset of the Professional Edition, this edition will among other things ship with Microsoft's Virtual PC system virtualization software, and a multilingual user interface. This edition will not be available through retail or OEMs.

9. Ultimate Edition:
This edition will work as a superset of the Home and Professional editions and additionally come with podcasting support—which Microsoft has renamed "blogcasting"—a game performance tweaker (code-named WinSAT), DVD ripping capabilities, and possibly supporting special online services for downloadable media, as well as additional customer service options. The Ultimate Edition is aimed to be the most impressive edition of Vista, aimed for high-end PC users, gamers, multimedia professionals, or PC enthusiasts. This version is "the best choice" for people who want the best in their Windows Vista experience.


BELIEVE IT OR NOT:
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Windows Vienna is the new codename for Windows Blackcomb the successor to Windows Vista. Not much is known about Blackcomb officially and Microsoft is not ready to talk about it yet. However, Microsoft's blogging guru, Robert Scoble confirmed in a thread reply to a channel 9 video, "since this video was shot the codename for Blackcomb has indeed changed to Vienna. I haven't gotten the story on this yet, though."

While Windows Vista is intended to be a technologies-based release, with some UI changes (in the form of the Aero set of technologies and guidelines), Vienna is targeted directly at revolutionizing the way we interact with our home and office PCs. For instance, the "Start" philosophy, introduced in Windows 95, may be completely replaced by a "new interface" which was said in 1999 to be scheduled for Blackcomb, before being moved to the Longhorn project, and then back to Blackcomb. The interface involved some ideas based upon truely 3D Windows and an intergration of what is now known as Sidebar.


The List of Windows Vista can go on and on for days...

Hope that answers your question...
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jl_jack09

Get a MAC. I wish i had one. I don't have $1799.
drop me a comment anytime at the link below. I am in a group called PChitech, we work dailey with people who have computer and software problems free.