Now, would someone be so kind to do something equivalent to show the difference between Windows XP and Windows Vista?
I am getting a new computer with Vista, and I am anxious about it. I know XP backwards and forwards and I will feel lost using Vista.
Thanks, all
I have used Windows since Windows 2.0 in 1991 or so, and EVERY major change has brought some concern and confusion, but eventually I got used to it. 2.0 => 3.1, 3.11 => 95 =>98, NT4 => 2000 => XP....
I consider the Win2000 interface to be the best (matter of opinion), so the first thing I do with a new XP system is get rid of the Fisher-Price loopy stuff and make it look like 2000 classic. I can use it -- it's familiar.
My Vista machine allows me to do the same thing -- it looks like 2000 with slightly different icons. I can use it -- it's familiar.
But put me in front of a stock Vista interface and I lose my mind.
I suspect you'll find Vista initially off-putting, until you find ways to beat the interface into familiar shape. Then all you have to get used to is the "Mother-May-I" so-called security stuff (UAC).
Vista was poorly executed. I have greater hopes for Win7 being more functional overall.
Unfortunately, Win7 (apparently) dropped the ability to revert the interface to older versions. This I consider a major problem, but that's just me.