Why? Why do we need a completely new platform? How could this get better than XP? I don't think it can. At least from a usability perspective. I've heard of better security and internet explorer finally not built in, but most of it seems like a killer new face lift. Everything from folders to the control panel and it's options look different. And only some new usability perspectives really shine, but still have me wondering wether it's enough to spend $100 on.
I used Home Basic, since I didn't think Aero was a sufficient reason to install anything higher. Some of the things I like were the new My Documents, which is now the Account Folder and contains many folders inside like Contacts, Desktop, Downloads, Documents and other useful folders, that of course you could have created yourself, but the layout is there for you.
I also kinda liked one of the gagdets so far, but that side panel thing is annoying and a bit redundant. Firstly, it's there, taking up desktop space, and it doesn't serve much use for me, and there are probably programs out there that do similar things. I personally wouldn't use the sidebar.
There was a lot of clutter everywhere, nothing was streamlined. The options in the control panel had sub options right on the control panel folder and it was confusing and difficult to look at. And a lot of options were renamed for no reason such as Accessability Options turned into Making Your Computer Easier To Work With, or some such crap. Well, after clicking on it, I found it didn't apply to me. They also renamed System Restore to System Protection. Why?
The start menu had this one nice tweak in that instead of All Programs branching out to the right as it does in XP, it is contained in the start menu, which I thought was cool. But I wonder what will happend when it gets flooded with programs.
There are new icons everywhere for folders. And they match the windows usually and the background and it's difficult to distinguish them as a folder. I'm used to XP and they have yellow, beige looking folders, now everything is a light, but refreshing blue, and it's just really hard to get used to.
In conclusion, I didn't get a very good impression of Vista. I find myself saying, "What's all the fuss about?" It looks like Windows XP with a major face lift that looks so radically different that it seems new, until you realize that it isn't. Some of the things I do like, I ask, "Why couldn't they have just added these small tweaks to XP?" It seems to me like Windows Vista, is a polished version of XP, however, it throws a lot of crap and clutter everywhere, that destroys the ease of use of XP in an effort to make it look new and different. At least I got some nice wallpaper out of it.
I used Home Basic, since I didn't think Aero was a sufficient reason to install anything higher. Some of the things I like were the new My Documents, which is now the Account Folder and contains many folders inside like Contacts, Desktop, Downloads, Documents and other useful folders, that of course you could have created yourself, but the layout is there for you.
I also kinda liked one of the gagdets so far, but that side panel thing is annoying and a bit redundant. Firstly, it's there, taking up desktop space, and it doesn't serve much use for me, and there are probably programs out there that do similar things. I personally wouldn't use the sidebar.
There was a lot of clutter everywhere, nothing was streamlined. The options in the control panel had sub options right on the control panel folder and it was confusing and difficult to look at. And a lot of options were renamed for no reason such as Accessability Options turned into Making Your Computer Easier To Work With, or some such crap. Well, after clicking on it, I found it didn't apply to me. They also renamed System Restore to System Protection. Why?
The start menu had this one nice tweak in that instead of All Programs branching out to the right as it does in XP, it is contained in the start menu, which I thought was cool. But I wonder what will happend when it gets flooded with programs.
There are new icons everywhere for folders. And they match the windows usually and the background and it's difficult to distinguish them as a folder. I'm used to XP and they have yellow, beige looking folders, now everything is a light, but refreshing blue, and it's just really hard to get used to.
In conclusion, I didn't get a very good impression of Vista. I find myself saying, "What's all the fuss about?" It looks like Windows XP with a major face lift that looks so radically different that it seems new, until you realize that it isn't. Some of the things I do like, I ask, "Why couldn't they have just added these small tweaks to XP?" It seems to me like Windows Vista, is a polished version of XP, however, it throws a lot of crap and clutter everywhere, that destroys the ease of use of XP in an effort to make it look new and different. At least I got some nice wallpaper out of it.
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