Selling the latest version of Windows must be an "interesting" task at times when, by human nature, people will only have a short shopping list, typically:
- what does it do visibly that is different?
- what new features are there that I would use?
- is it better performing that the previous version?
- will my programs and hardware work with it?
Hence, the first thing that people latch onto is the Aero interface and Flip3D - and when they go scratching around as they have been used to, they encounter that which is UAC.
It's like Marmite... you either love it or you hate it.
Personally, I love it (but not, strangely, Marmite).
Default view format for the Start menu & Control Panel is new different, made to collect common types of tasks & tools together.
A bone of contention for some, but easily reverted to "classic mode" if you wish.
The installation is now image-based, great!... but those who buy their machines pre-installed, or upgrade and have to have all their data migrated won't see the wonder of a 35-minute start-to-finish installation.
At this point, the casual (or impatient) observer might be poking around trying to see what else is "new", but Mark Russinovich is in the middle of writing up some articles to give an inside look at some of the kernel differences in Vista that make interesting reading.
It might begin to make sense why Windows 2000 is 5.0, XP is 5.1, 2003 is 5.2... but Vista is the first major version upgrade (to 6.0) in a good few years...
"Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 1"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...2/VistaKernel/
"Inside the Windows Vista Kernel: Part 2"
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...3/VistaKernel/
(Part 3 to come)


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