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Story: Windows Vista: a first look

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Vista is just a mix of concepts and ideas borrowed from competitors; repackaged in a glossier interface and a Microsoft label on top. The common tasks and different file location vs physical location are all from Apple.

What's bad is that Microsoft will tout this as an innovation. And, Microsoft appears to concentrate more on the Graphics of software. This makes the system more unstable as your computer struggles to show the Start bar fade in, rather than launching a program faster.

XP is merely a skinned version of the previous Windows editions. True, it is much more stable than previous versions of Windows (it still crashes, as is the rule for all Microsoft products). It's also got better user management and integrated file compression. Beyond that? Nothing!

Oh, you could consider:
Glossier icons everywhere
Color gradients and effects in programs
Shadows under menus.
A dog to search for your files
Skinnable XP

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