Hasta la 'Vista' Windows XP
Kris Hammonds
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: Features
Show Us Your 'Wow'."
This is the marketing slogan used for Microsoft's latest Windows operating system, Windows Vista.
Vista is the latest operating system update since Windows XP was released in 2001. It offers many upgrades, as well as new features. Though Microsoft has just released its new crown jewel to the public, I have been using test versions of Windows Vista for several months.
While what I've been using is not the finished product, I can tell you what I do know about Windows Vista and the noteworthy features that it entails.
The first difference you will notice is the change in the overall look and feel to Windows.
Don't worry; there is still a task bar at the bottom and there is still a start button. The difference is quickly seen when you open a window.Instead of the blue, silver or green themes users have become accustomed to in XP, Vista sports a new and sleek transparent look. Microsoft is calling this visual feature "Aero Glass."
While it is tough to describe how it looks, I'll just say it is very sleek.
The start menu has also been refreshed. Remember the days of ongoing menus that would spawn across your screen the second you clicked on "All Programs" in the start menu?
Those days are over. Now, when you click on "All Programs", your list of programs is neatly refreshed inside of the start menu. Click "All Programs" again and you return back to your normal Start Menu.
On top of the new appearance, Microsoft has added simplicity to the overall system.
Changing or altering any aspect of the system is far more seamless than in past versions of Windows.
This is just a small piece of the new visual changes Vista includes.
Windows Vista is more than just a slew of new looks and flashy design. Microsoft has added many new functional features and new bundled software.
The first of these new programs you will see is Windows Sidebar. Windows Sidebar is a program that sits on the very right of your screen and houses 'mini-programs' that provide small, yet useful, bits of information at any time you need it.
This is the marketing slogan used for Microsoft's latest Windows operating system, Windows Vista.
Vista is the latest operating system update since Windows XP was released in 2001. It offers many upgrades, as well as new features. Though Microsoft has just released its new crown jewel to the public, I have been using test versions of Windows Vista for several months.
While what I've been using is not the finished product, I can tell you what I do know about Windows Vista and the noteworthy features that it entails.
The first difference you will notice is the change in the overall look and feel to Windows.
Don't worry; there is still a task bar at the bottom and there is still a start button. The difference is quickly seen when you open a window.Instead of the blue, silver or green themes users have become accustomed to in XP, Vista sports a new and sleek transparent look. Microsoft is calling this visual feature "Aero Glass."
While it is tough to describe how it looks, I'll just say it is very sleek.
The start menu has also been refreshed. Remember the days of ongoing menus that would spawn across your screen the second you clicked on "All Programs" in the start menu?
Those days are over. Now, when you click on "All Programs", your list of programs is neatly refreshed inside of the start menu. Click "All Programs" again and you return back to your normal Start Menu.
On top of the new appearance, Microsoft has added simplicity to the overall system.
Changing or altering any aspect of the system is far more seamless than in past versions of Windows.
This is just a small piece of the new visual changes Vista includes.
Windows Vista is more than just a slew of new looks and flashy design. Microsoft has added many new functional features and new bundled software.
The first of these new programs you will see is Windows Sidebar. Windows Sidebar is a program that sits on the very right of your screen and houses 'mini-programs' that provide small, yet useful, bits of information at any time you need it.
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ricardo
posted 2/11/07 @ 10:15 AM EST
quiero provarla
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