Windows Vista Review, Part 4: The Vista Experience
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 11/15/2006 08:31 PM [ Print | 1 comment(s) ] · 1895 views
In Part 4 of my Windows Vista review, I look at the touchy-feely side of Windows Vista, the new user experiences that really set it apart from its predecessors.
Like its predecessors, Windows Vista is ultimately just a tool, of course, but it's one that provides you with an emotional relationship that you just didn't get from Windows XP. Those new qualities extend from the packaging of the system, to the new system sounds, to the new visual capabilities and glass-like icons, to the subtle animations, and other features. And in this part of my Windows Vista review, I'd like to take a walk on the touchy-feely side of technology and explain why Windows Vista might just make you care, for the first time, that you're using Windows. It's good enough, in fact, that you might just find yourself proselytizing it in public. And you thought I was a geek.
Paul Thurrott Windows SuperSite
Like its predecessors, Windows Vista is ultimately just a tool, of course, but it's one that provides you with an emotional relationship that you just didn't get from Windows XP. Those new qualities extend from the packaging of the system, to the new system sounds, to the new visual capabilities and glass-like icons, to the subtle animations, and other features. And in this part of my Windows Vista review, I'd like to take a walk on the touchy-feely side of technology and explain why Windows Vista might just make you care, for the first time, that you're using Windows. It's good enough, in fact, that you might just find yourself proselytizing it in public. And you thought I was a geek.
Paul Thurrott Windows SuperSite
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Domingo Unregistered |
#65603 Posted on: 11/15/2006 10:28 PM
Having used the RC versions, I think most of what he's saying is REALLY exaggerated. Vista really "feels" more like an elaborate skin for Windows XP. All of the talk about ease and protection is off the mark. If you actually leave most of the default protections on, you're literally asked a security question every time you do ANYTHING. You also have a half dozen programs that want to run in the background all the time and make it run poorly. Yes, I like the glass look and the window animations...but who cares? It really doesn't add anything to the OS. There are better looking icons! Whoop-ee! You'd think something this long in the making might actually be different or better. As it stands, it's just a big service pack for XP with an animated skin. |
