Windows Vista TV advertisement

Cormic

I just saw the new Microsoft TV advertisement (the one with everyone saying wow) and it pretty much confirmed to me what I have been thinking recently.

Windows Vista offers little more then a prettier graphics.

Windows XP finally merged the home and work versions of the OS and after a few patches was pretty rock solid.

I went onto the MS website and the only extra thing I could see was the Parental Control feature as the new version of Media Player and IE can already be installed on XP.

Am I missing something else?

Creamy Goodness

full 64-bit support.
Media center (i know about MCE but we are talking about xp here).
BitLocker drive encyption.
Texas hold 'em poker game (a ton better than minesweeper)
Windows HD movie maker.
Windows firewall has greatly improved too, it now scans incoming and outgoing connections.
navigating folders is much much improved too.

i've attached some screenshots using the snipping tool (so handy, basically allows you to screen capture any part of the screen you can even draw the area you want to capture).

now this is what i've noticed from a limited time using it. sure it's not bugless at the moment - what microsoft product is tbh? but it's looks nice and the new features and the redesign of windows explorer is great and reminds me very much of ubuntu.

now if you have software that you are dependant on like some business package or whatever it's obviously not advisable to look into vista.

vista will in time get rid of 32 hardware which is only a good thing

Cormic

Fair enough on the 64bit support and the improved firewall but the rest seems pretty superficial.

And what is wrong with minesweeper?

challengemaster

it does look a lot like they just used ubuntu for a design base for it

Peteee

Cormic wrote:

Am I missing something else?

Yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_Vista

As for the ads, They are hardly going to say 'Buy Windows Vista, It has a brand new print architecture!'

god's toy

For me it’s about building and improving on what the old OS could do already, things like being able to have a gaming session on Xbox360 and vista at the same time,(when that comes out) implementation of Pixel and Vertex Shader 4.0 support in the graphics interface (nice), using the RSS feed viewer and the sidebar I really like, Virtual Folders is a good idea, supports up to 160 open windows at the same time (OK you WILL need GB’s of RAM for that) Upgraded Windows firewall, Windows Defender, upgraded Networking and tools, upgrades to Media Center, Photo Gallery, Windows SideShow, Media player 11, Direct X 10, Windows Mail, Internet Explorer 7, Windows Calendar… I could go on but my point is these are the things I look forward to seeing/using and I’m happy to see most of them working well in this beta I have.

Cabaal

Saw the WOW advert lastnight for first time, anyone else find it funny that their main feature appears to be Windows Key+Tab.

Its not exactly ground breaking stuff and isn't a massive advancement from Alt+Tab in my books.

mickoneill30

Cabaal wrote:

Saw the WOW advert lastnight for first time, anyone else find it funny that their main feature appears to be Windows Key+Tab.

Its not exactly ground breaking stuff and isn't a massive advancement from Alt+Tab in my books.

I agree. It's not. But it's an advertisement. Most IT departments and geeks will research the bits that are a bit more technical and relevant to them. Those ads are for brand awareness and to appeal to the moms and pops. I've had people who know nothing about computers (and I really mean nothing) ask me about Vista on the basis of the advertising and press releases over the last week. That's what a company wants when they're sending out the advertising.