Windows Vista Woes
I recently caught a glimpse of Windows Vista at a local Best Buy while shopping for a new notebook computer. To say I was unimpressed would be an understatement.
Aside from a few UI updates and some fancy transparent window effects, Windows Vista is really not all that different from Windows XP. In fact, much has evidenced that Windows Vista is lacking in software support as compared to Windows XP.
And Microsoft certainly wasn’t shy about copying ideas from Mac OS X. Vista features a search-as-you-type input from its start menu, with the same functionality and a strikingly similar search icon to the Mac OS X Spotlight feature. Vista’s newly entitled Window Switcher feature, accessible via Start-Tab, also closely resembles Mac OS X Expose. And the list goes on. Read more