microsoft.com— Official Microsoft Vista website provides in-depth look into Windows Vista, including a comprehensive feature list with screenshots. Excellent read.
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I've been studying Vista for a while now and I have to ask: What is so compelling that I should "switch"? Whether it be from Mac OS X, Linux, or even Windows XP (or even 2000!).Security features? Don't make me laugh. An XP user would be better off upgrading to Mac OS X since they're going to require a whole new PC just to run Vista anyway. Not only that, but I really don't see anything in Vista that you can't get in XP right now. Except maybe the ability to lock out Legacy/Linux Samba users from connecting to file shares on networked machines.The "big" security feature appears to be the host-based firewall that "has the ability to block peer-to-peer applications"! Couldn't the admin already do that at A) the network firewall, B) by locking down the machine, and C) by monitoring network activity and punishing users who violate the rules? I guess it might help Grandma block the grandkids from using eDonkey.Then there's the new "service hardening". Otherwise known as "sandboxing" that's been around in Unix since, oh, 1980 (chroot anyone?). This will add the capability for any admin to disable the ability to remotely administer the box, yay! Oh wait, didn't we need the ability to remotely login to the machine to actually, you know, do stuff? Microsoft's solution to remote attacks against their poorly coded services is to remove capability. Brilliant....but then there's those wonderful interoperability features! Microsoft has been promising better interoperability for a long time now. What does Vista bring to the table? Have a look:My favorite quote from Microsoft's Vista pages:"An offline attack is a scenario where an attacker boots an alternative operating system"-Riskable<a class="user" href="http://riskable.com">http://riskable.com</a>"I have a license to kill -9"
"Why is external USB ram good? I don't get it. Isn't USB2.0 slower than a harddrive?"USB 2.0 = 480 Mbps which translates to about 200Mbps in practice. Hard Drive = 40Mbps. Seek time = 0ms. USB lag = almost non-existant (look at usb mice for example) What I don't like is that there's no requirement for Wireless USB in the standards. I understand that it's not quite there yet but dammit I can't wait :P.
"I don't get what some Apple fanbois are talking about, Microsoft looks years ahead of Apple in OS design."Yeah, I gotta agree on that. Microsoft's aim was right on when they started out with the Vista reload. They've perfectly captured what the technology of that time will need, what it can handle, and where improvements can be made. Hopefully Vista 2 will be a highly-optimised version of Vista. Perhaps then we'll see PCs becoming smaller, more stable and more efficient. An inversion in the increasing processor power and software bloat trends seem due. For now though, they've hit the limit perfectly, providing as much functionality as possible.posted by theone3 (5) - I love these comments. You are talking about Micosoft's OS - THAT"S NOT EVEN OUT YET! Apple has these features NOW. What will OS 10.5 have in store? We will know when it's released around the time the Vista is released.
antelopeJan 5, 2006
The face of Vista:<a class="user" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/images/person_features_everyone.gif">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/images/person_features_everyone.gif</a>
Closed AccountJan 5, 2006
How in the HELL does Vista IN ANY WAY looks like Mac OS X? There is absolutely ZERO similarity.
bugmenot2Jan 6, 2006
"You may have experienced sluggish behavior after booting your machine, after performing a fast user switch, or even after lunch."Lunch?
talishteJan 6, 2006
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riskableJan 6, 2006
I've been studying Vista for a while now and I have to ask: What is so compelling that I should "switch"? Whether it be from Mac OS X, Linux, or even Windows XP (or even 2000!).Security features? Don't make me laugh. An XP user would be better off upgrading to Mac OS X since they're going to require a whole new PC just to run Vista anyway. Not only that, but I really don't see anything in Vista that you can't get in XP right now. Except maybe the ability to lock out Legacy/Linux Samba users from connecting to file shares on networked machines.The "big" security feature appears to be the host-based firewall that "has the ability to block peer-to-peer applications"! Couldn't the admin already do that at A) the network firewall, B) by locking down the machine, and C) by monitoring network activity and punishing users who violate the rules? I guess it might help Grandma block the grandkids from using eDonkey.Then there's the new "service hardening". Otherwise known as "sandboxing" that's been around in Unix since, oh, 1980 (chroot anyone?). This will add the capability for any admin to disable the ability to remotely administer the box, yay! Oh wait, didn't we need the ability to remotely login to the machine to actually, you know, do stuff? Microsoft's solution to remote attacks against their poorly coded services is to remove capability. Brilliant....but then there's those wonderful interoperability features! Microsoft has been promising better interoperability for a long time now. What does Vista bring to the table? Have a look:My favorite quote from Microsoft's Vista pages:"An offline attack is a scenario where an attacker boots an alternative operating system"-Riskable<a class="user" href="http://riskable.com">http://riskable.com</a>"I have a license to kill -9"
theone3Jan 6, 2006
"Why is external USB ram good? I don't get it. Isn't USB2.0 slower than a harddrive?"USB 2.0 = 480 Mbps which translates to about 200Mbps in practice. Hard Drive = 40Mbps. Seek time = 0ms. USB lag = almost non-existant (look at usb mice for example) What I don't like is that there's no requirement for Wireless USB in the standards. I understand that it's not quite there yet but dammit I can't wait :P.
chookalanaJan 6, 2006
"I don't get what some Apple fanbois are talking about, Microsoft looks years ahead of Apple in OS design."Yeah, I gotta agree on that. Microsoft's aim was right on when they started out with the Vista reload. They've perfectly captured what the technology of that time will need, what it can handle, and where improvements can be made. Hopefully Vista 2 will be a highly-optimised version of Vista. Perhaps then we'll see PCs becoming smaller, more stable and more efficient. An inversion in the increasing processor power and software bloat trends seem due. For now though, they've hit the limit perfectly, providing as much functionality as possible.posted by theone3 (5) - I love these comments. You are talking about Micosoft's OS - THAT"S NOT EVEN OUT YET! Apple has these features NOW. What will OS 10.5 have in store? We will know when it's released around the time the Vista is released.