Conclusion
It remains to be seen how the World will react to Vista. After my use - as my day-to-day operating system for the past 4 months or so - I find it very difficult to adjust back to Windows XP when I have to use it. As I have mentioned the changes seem small, and occasionally insignificant, but after you grow accustomed to their availability, you certainly miss them when they are not.
Remember: Windows XP has been around for four years now, and although it has kept up with the times fairly well, it is starting to show its age. Other Operating Systems, like OSX and Linux, are not only as good, but in some area actually perform better than Microsoft's effort.
Vista has been criticised for crossing the finish line without many of the technologies that Microsoft originally intended. Microsoft obviously did this for a reason, some of the technologies would just not have been ready for the Vista release date, but we should see some of them in a Vista server product later next year.
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Article comments
1 - Heather Ames
Great article, Ashleigh. Very informative. I at last feel like I have a grip on Vista's capabilities.
2 - Jet in Columbus
Ashleigh, I'd considered doing an article on this a few months back, but they kept changing requirements and capabilities and I figured by the time I finished researching it, it'd be outdated information.
Having said that, you presented a lot of useful info here. I personally have Internet explorer 7.0's final version and also I LOVE Window's hassle free Defender adn the newest media player.
I'd like to stress something here though. wait till you need a new computer and buy it preloaded.
With the new system requirements, the minimums aren't really going to cut it and to try to load Vista on a machine that's more than two years old in my opinion is folly, and it's better to buy one that's already configured and equiped (especially the 64x)to run it already.
Nicely done
Jet