PUTALE
04-16-2006, 12:16 AM
I thought that I would share my own experience after testing Windows Vista, you can consider this as a mini review or maybe just a simple feedback after testing it out:
After testing the new windows Vista for a few months on and off, I have to say, I am really impressed by the new Windows. We have all heard and somewhat excited about the next generation of Windows, namely Vista. It’s been a long wait for many of us and it seems like the wait will have to be longer than expected. However, my initial reaction to the operating system after have testing the latest build (5342) is that the wait maybe is a good thing. I am not going to recount on all features of Vista as you can find many of them online, I am merely want to say my own experience with Vista.
I absolutely love the new Vista installation process. You basically setup the system initially and then pretty much the whole installation is automatic. Unlike the XP once the computer reboots, it will actually ask you to input the information such as region and username, etc during installation, Vista ask the serial number and then you just let it install the whole OS, which during the testing it’s like 1 hour, and then it’s done. It will then prompt you for user information and such. I like this way much better as you don’t have to come back in the middle of installation process to input the information, you can let the machine install it until it’s done all in 1 step.
What I like about Vista is that the new look is awesome. The amount of visual changes that has been included in Vista is probably the most that MS has done to windows operating system since Windows 95 in my opinion. Vista’s visual is stunning nonetheless. The Windows XP is great looking operating system but the truth is that it’s still resemble the old Windows 95. Now, Vista is no difference from the old windows but it’s better designed and much easier to use. Of course, these new changes will take some time to get used to, but once you learn and get used to it, it’s actually pretty nice updates. One thing that really do need some learning is the new windows explorer. I have been so used to the old explorer and all the icons and clicks, the new windows explorer lacks a lot of the old icons, so it does takes quite amount of time learning it. In Vista, when you mouse over any of the tabs on the taskbar, it will show you the content of that window. The preview of each opened windows is not that useful, in my opinion, as it’s a bit hard to see the information. I rather MS to have an option like it has included in IE 7 where they will show all the opened windows as icons so you can see all the opened window at once.
I like the sidebar and gadgets. In addition, the new IE 7 does seem to bring the much needed updates, such as the tab browsing. But it doesn’t stop there, it also has much cleaner look and the one great feature that it has is that it will let you view all the tab sites as icons so that you can choose which of the opened tabs that you want to view. I also like the new security features included in the operating system. Granted, most of use probably will dump it and opt for a third party software protection suite but it’s really nice to see MS included it in the operating system so in case someone who doesn’t want to buy a third party software could get the much needed protection.
The new control panel is nice and MS has shuffled, rearranged a lot of stuff that controls a lot of options about your system. For those who are so used to the old way of controlling your display properties, hardware options, etc, I found it to be a bit challenging with the new control panel. It’s a bit overwhelming and poorly organized I think. A lot of redundancy. There’s some logic and organization but, for me, I think it’s a bit hard to use, which I guess in time, I will learn to find where are all the options are.
Of course, all these good features come with some price, as the system requirement are much more demanding than the current XP. My experience is that although Vista is great operating system, Microsoft do have to work harder to bring down the demanding system resources. In addition, it would need to improve on the stability of the operating system. The current build is much more stable than the previous build but it’s still crashes quite often. Of course, one of the problem could due to the lack of drivers. Vista does include quite a lot of drivers as it recognize my graphic card, network card but most of these drivers are still not performing up to date and hence I can’t really test the real power of Vista. Like I said in the beginning, I think waiting maybe is a good thing, maybe giving MS a bit more time, we could get a much stable system that has all the kinks worked out and we will be able to really enjoy the experience that Vista will brings.
After testing the new windows Vista for a few months on and off, I have to say, I am really impressed by the new Windows. We have all heard and somewhat excited about the next generation of Windows, namely Vista. It’s been a long wait for many of us and it seems like the wait will have to be longer than expected. However, my initial reaction to the operating system after have testing the latest build (5342) is that the wait maybe is a good thing. I am not going to recount on all features of Vista as you can find many of them online, I am merely want to say my own experience with Vista.
I absolutely love the new Vista installation process. You basically setup the system initially and then pretty much the whole installation is automatic. Unlike the XP once the computer reboots, it will actually ask you to input the information such as region and username, etc during installation, Vista ask the serial number and then you just let it install the whole OS, which during the testing it’s like 1 hour, and then it’s done. It will then prompt you for user information and such. I like this way much better as you don’t have to come back in the middle of installation process to input the information, you can let the machine install it until it’s done all in 1 step.
What I like about Vista is that the new look is awesome. The amount of visual changes that has been included in Vista is probably the most that MS has done to windows operating system since Windows 95 in my opinion. Vista’s visual is stunning nonetheless. The Windows XP is great looking operating system but the truth is that it’s still resemble the old Windows 95. Now, Vista is no difference from the old windows but it’s better designed and much easier to use. Of course, these new changes will take some time to get used to, but once you learn and get used to it, it’s actually pretty nice updates. One thing that really do need some learning is the new windows explorer. I have been so used to the old explorer and all the icons and clicks, the new windows explorer lacks a lot of the old icons, so it does takes quite amount of time learning it. In Vista, when you mouse over any of the tabs on the taskbar, it will show you the content of that window. The preview of each opened windows is not that useful, in my opinion, as it’s a bit hard to see the information. I rather MS to have an option like it has included in IE 7 where they will show all the opened windows as icons so you can see all the opened window at once.
I like the sidebar and gadgets. In addition, the new IE 7 does seem to bring the much needed updates, such as the tab browsing. But it doesn’t stop there, it also has much cleaner look and the one great feature that it has is that it will let you view all the tab sites as icons so that you can choose which of the opened tabs that you want to view. I also like the new security features included in the operating system. Granted, most of use probably will dump it and opt for a third party software protection suite but it’s really nice to see MS included it in the operating system so in case someone who doesn’t want to buy a third party software could get the much needed protection.
The new control panel is nice and MS has shuffled, rearranged a lot of stuff that controls a lot of options about your system. For those who are so used to the old way of controlling your display properties, hardware options, etc, I found it to be a bit challenging with the new control panel. It’s a bit overwhelming and poorly organized I think. A lot of redundancy. There’s some logic and organization but, for me, I think it’s a bit hard to use, which I guess in time, I will learn to find where are all the options are.
Of course, all these good features come with some price, as the system requirement are much more demanding than the current XP. My experience is that although Vista is great operating system, Microsoft do have to work harder to bring down the demanding system resources. In addition, it would need to improve on the stability of the operating system. The current build is much more stable than the previous build but it’s still crashes quite often. Of course, one of the problem could due to the lack of drivers. Vista does include quite a lot of drivers as it recognize my graphic card, network card but most of these drivers are still not performing up to date and hence I can’t really test the real power of Vista. Like I said in the beginning, I think waiting maybe is a good thing, maybe giving MS a bit more time, we could get a much stable system that has all the kinks worked out and we will be able to really enjoy the experience that Vista will brings.