Windows Vista - is it worth it?
As usual, Microsoft is slipping on its general release date for Vista, but it looks likely it will be on general release by Jan 30th 07.
As Microsoft partners we get access to early releases of MS software, and partners have had Vista for ages. Today, I took the plunge and installed it on my main PC, and I thought you might be interested in initial observations.
The install was the easiest I’ve ever done - completely pain-free, including hooking up to the office Windows Server 2003, and Exchange.
The interface is elegant and beautiful, and is an unashamed rip-off Apple’s shiny Mac OSX. Beauty isn’t a word that usually appears in the same sentence as Microsoft, but Vista is visually striking. Its power goes beyond the surface though, in this age of information bloat, MS has given us a search engine for the desktop that’s faster than Google. Every bit of content is indexed in a SQL database, and is recalled as fast as you can type it. Contents of documents, emails, everything are all immediately accessed.
It’s Vista’s information archiving that makes it a killer app for me. After 10 minutes using it, you can’t go back - everything else moves at a snail’s pace.
So yes, it’s worth it. Can your 2 year old PC though, and buy the fastest dual-core you can afford.
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Happy New Year, Phil. Great news about Vista - but what will the upgrade cost be (at least for personal pc users)?
Happy New Year Robert!
January 30th is the official date, but they’re terrified about any security scares, so expect further delays!