>So I used Vista for the first time last night, and I really liked it. I think MS has a good thing going on with it (I am apparently in the minority thinking this though) and since it is still pretty new, I am excited to see what it will evolve into.
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>I think the biggest obstacle with users getting acquainted to Vista will be the effort to try to do things like they did in 98, NT, ME, 2K, and XP. I started with this mindset, and had to try to train my mind to "back out" of what I knew and where things should be. Once I did that, I started to learn quickly.
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>The UAC is great. I don't see what peoples' complaints are about it. How is it different from a normal confirmation dialog for the user??? Come on. If you don't like it, turn it off. Personally, I like to have a "bottom line" of what is going on on my system.
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>I used it on a new laptop, so driver compatibility was not an issue, and I think that the people who are preaching about it being a huge issue are over-exaggerating.
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>The UI was amazing. Some of the windows and dialogs were not what I expected, but that was because I came in with XP-like expectations.
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>I like how the "My Documents" replacement is structures. I can see how people could possibly forget where they put something, but that is where the new and improved search functionality will come in. I haven't had the chance to use the search though.
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>I also haven't had a chance to use gadgets yet. I will play with that this weekend.
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>Most popular software seems to be Vista ready. I installed a base system with Adobe Acrobat, AVG Free Edition, and OpenOffice with no problems.
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>I am officially on the Vista bandwagon.
Good for you. When my "express upgrade" for my new laptop arrives I intend to install it. But waiting since mid-January, with no sign of it yet, makes me wonder about the "express" part < s >
With all of the talk of the "ribbon" in Office 2007 I bought it and installed .
I think it is a much smarter design overall, but I've already had trouble with a few of the common menu things that I usually use A LOT. And Outlook seems to have taken away a thing I used the most - "For Follow Up" seems to have disappeared as a standard "folder".
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