Thought I'd blog about something other than what my business plans were and its status!
I'm rather passionate about computers as you can probably tell or may see in time, 'boys and their toys.'
I purchased Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit (yes it's legitimate), fortunately I did not pay the full $700+ I was able to purchase it at a far more affordable price from one of my new wholesalers. :)
I must say its Graphical User Interface or GUI is very attractive (Aero glass is awesome) and even though some will go on and on about OS/X and Linux distro's being far more supreme and what Microsoft has initially copied (heard of Gnome perhaps?).
The previous Start buttons we've seen in older versions of Windows from 3.1 to XP has been replaced by a prettier round 'Orb' style Start button that loses the 'Start' text but includes the Vista flag logo.
The Start menu has been overhauled and in my opinion is now even more user friendly than with prior Windows versions... I also enjoy the new sidebar application (tidbit: I've got it working on XP also ;)) and have found it useful in more ways than one.
I'm still new to Vista Ultimate however it has accommodated my gaming appetite also, supporting Direct X 10, something exclusive to Vista only. New PC games such as Halo 2 and Shadow Run will only work on Windows Vista not to mention other spectacular hits such as Gears of War! So I welcome this and look forward to more DX10 exclusives.
Considering Vista has Duo and Quad Core's in mind you can tell that Vista handles gaming instructions and video encoding instructions far better & faster than with Windows XP. Such games as Supreme Commander, from the same makers of such smash hit RTS games as Total Annihilation are proof of this and DVD authoring tools have in my case ran faster on my same Duo core system with Vista than they did with XP.
Overall I'm ecstatic about it, running on one of Duo Core systems and have found it to be in fact more stable than any other Windows operating system to date, even XP with SP2. This may be due to the fact that Microsoft had this Operating System or O/S; 28 months in Development, 15 Test Releases, 15 months of Technical Testing and 30,000+ technical testers!
News also has it that Vista's first Service pack or SP is in beta testing as you read this! Enthusiasts should remember the boost in performance and stability that SP2 provided for Windows XP, so I definitely welcome a new SP for Vista even though I have had no issues with drivers, new hardware, applications and even games thus far!
Love Vista or hate it, Microsoft has given users such as myself who love their PC gaming and memory intensive encoding applications more with this release, not only does it handle well but she looks beautiful whilst doing it all :)
Thumbs up here.
Cheers.
