I am thinking some changes are just trivial, such as Windows Mail, Windows Internet Explorer. However, those changes are not pointless, they are to differentiate "Vista" (fab name) from previous versions of Windows and make us feel left behind.
The windows mail and ie changes are amoungst the most important. Its important to realise that Windows Mail isn't a new name for Outlook Express, OE has sufferedwith a lot of security flaws, MS has completely rewritten a new mail program (obviously designed to be easy to use for those used to OE) to address these issues and allow vista to be a secure OS. Same story for IE, its got an improved (rewritten?) rendering engine and a lot of new features both to help combat application security vulnerabilities and attacks thru phishing scams, pop-ups and spyware.
The aesthetic changes, like the round start button seem to add little more than novelty value, and the updated programs are interesting to, such as the total overhaul which WMP10 has obviously undergone to become WMP11.
On the other hand, WiMP looks more like its just had a facelift and some aesthetic changes, the last overhaul was WMP9 with the new encoding formats (designed to combat new compression formats) since then, most of the changes to media player have been minor, but nice.
Its going to be a fine OS, but i think its important to consider this as a Win95 style release, not a WinXP release. Its prettier - but not for the sake of it, it looks better because the way windows are drawn is different now, it will (eventually) be faster, will enable us to take advantage of new devices and hardware. You'll like vista, just give it a chance and try to appreciate its a massive leap for the platform, not a tiny step like most previous releases.
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The windows mail and ie changes are amoungst the most important. Its important to realise that Windows Mail isn't a new name for Outlook Express, OE has sufferedwith a lot of security flaws, MS has completely rewritten a new mail program (obviously designed to be easy to use for those used to OE) to address these issues and allow vista to be a secure OS. Same story for IE, its got an improved (rewritten?) rendering engine and a lot of new features both to help combat application security vulnerabilities and attacks thru phishing scams, pop-ups and spyware.
On the other hand, WiMP looks more like its just had a facelift and some aesthetic changes, the last overhaul was WMP9 with the new encoding formats (designed to combat new compression formats) since then, most of the changes to media player have been minor, but nice.
Its going to be a fine OS, but i think its important to consider this as a Win95 style release, not a WinXP release. Its prettier - but not for the sake of it, it looks better because the way windows are drawn is different now, it will (eventually) be faster, will enable us to take advantage of new devices and hardware. You'll like vista, just give it a chance and try to appreciate its a massive leap for the platform, not a tiny step like most previous releases.