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Here is my take on Microsoft, Windows Vista!
I was very fortunate to purchase an HP Laptop with a free Vista Upgrade. Otherwise I just would not have been able to drop the cash on it especially without knowing much about it. Now that I have it I wish I could afford to purchase it for all of my computers because I absolutely love it! I have the Media Center Home version of Vista and Media Center is really amazing! I was never really into using my computers for anything other than gaming and web design and development. Now I watch TV all the time! I will get to that and more below in the list.
Here are some of the reasons why I love Vista so much and I will be adding on to this list as time goes by. Please feel free to post your comments and add to the list or add your negative experiences if there are any.
By the way- The order of this list changes for me daily!
#1 – Ease Of Navigation! = One of the first things I noticed was the start menu changes. There is a search box right at the bottom of the start menu now and all you have to do is put a couple of the first letters of the program you want and bam, it’s there! Once you get used to this it really does make things much faster and easier. You can type anything into this search including all of your control panel links etc so instead of navigating through all the boxes or what ever just type what you want…
#2 – Windows SideBar – It is similar to the google sidebar but I think it is a tad better looking but that is only my opinion.
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#3 – Networking – Microsoft spent time on trying to make everything easier and more functional. Networking is a breeze now. Currently I have 4 computers on my network and everyone of them has a different operating system. Vista has no problem at all with this.
#4 – Memory Management – Most of the things we are used to tweaking are already tweaked in Vista. I have found no need at all to change the memory settings like I do with other operating systems.
#5 – Internet Connections – This could have gone under networking really but I kept it separate instead. This is another one of those things I always tweaked. I am sure you tweakers know what I mean. I go to dslreports.com and use a variety of programs to tweak my connections. I then test and repeat, test and repeat etc until I have the maximum speed I can get. With Vista there is no need and when you go to dslreports they even tell you that before you run the tests! Being the tweaker nut I am I tried to tweak it anyhow and I could find no way to increase the speed at all. Basically Vista is already tweaked!
#6 – Other Various Features I Like – I really like just about everything but some other things that are just better than everything else are programs like Narrator, Speech Recognition, Ease of Access, Mobility Center, Magnifier, On Screen Keyboard and more…… much more actually. I also almost forgot to add Readyboost as one of my favorite additions! Basically it allows you to use a memory stick as added system memory. It is supposed to increase your speed a bit and it does work.
In my opinion if you have a decent pc with enough memory etc you cannot go wrong with Vista. Do yourself a favor and familiarize yourself with it though. I spent a few hours reading everything I could on the internet and in the help file. If you don’t familiarize yourself with Vista you won’t know about all the benefits it offers. The few complaints I have heard about Vista came from people that never spent the time learning about how to use it. To be 100% honest, the first day I began with Vista I could not understand what was so great about it really. By the end of that night though I really started seeing all of the great tools and features and I was sold…
I know I missed tons of features and I will be adding more as time permits. It has been a long time though since Microsoft has made me so happy… I give Vista an 8 out of 10…
The negatives are few really but there are a couple things that could have been done better. I really think the whole back up system and file transfer system could use some decent upgrading. I don’t see why anyone should have to buy separate software to back up there Windows system…..
That is all I have time for right now… If you are considering Vista though I would go for it for sure. It is a stable system with speed and fun features. Go for the media center edition if you really want to have fun! I will go into that more in my next entry!
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