16
Reasons Why Should You Select Windows
Vista
Many of my visitors were continuously asking me, why should we
select Windows Vista as future opearting system. Let me answer this
through this article. Here are the 16 reasons why should you select
windows Vista.
You may think that, why one should search for newer things. It
is
the nature of human being, which encourages him to find out new things
in his life span. As the thinking capacity grows man invents new
things. You may wonder, that, is this article is about psychology. But,
if you think so, then the answer is absolutely NO. It is the human who
invented the computers, which was very bulky in initial phase. The
initial computers were so big that it was occupying an entire room.
Today we enjoy relatively small computer. Let us thank the researchers
and experts for giving us this wonderful small machine. Similarly,
Operating System development, which is an integral part of computer
development, has undergone many revolutionary changes. Such a change
was incorporated in the next versions, as one cannot apply such changes
to the older operating systems, which is in use. So, companies started
delivering the changes in newer version of operating systems. As a
result, we see today, different names for entire different version of
operating systems. A smaller change could be released as a patch to the
System software, which is already in use.
Why Windows Vista is better than Windows XP
Let us think in the above direction for the reasons why one
should
upgrade to Windows Vista, when one is making use of Windows XP. We can
straight away answer this question by saying “Windows Vista
is
better than Windows XP!” But, that will not sufficiently help
one
to find out how it is better and what the features that it contains
are. Windows Vista is new Windows Family of Operating System softwares
which manage the computer’s resources, which is yet to be
released by Microsoft. It is still under development stages, and
already released to testers as a beta version, which means it is a test
version. The full version is expected to be released, may be during the
later part of 2006. Let us now see why we need to upgrade to windows
Vista. There are 16 most significant reasons for upgrade.
New improved search function
1. The start button in Windows Vista does not include the word
“Start”. Instead of it, a windows logo got
displayed. The
start menu has been revamped. The “Start search”
option
enable one to launch a program directly if found. It can be used for
normal searching also, which searches for words in files, folders etc.
One can enjoy this new feature very much.
Great 3D grahics-
2. New Amazing graphics: With Windows Vista, Microsoft has
surpassed
MAC OS in terms of graphics. It is for the first time, Microsoft offers
a great deal of high graphics features including 3D effects. This will
help to boost programs meant for 3D games and is code named
“Avalon”. There is one more new feature called
“Aero” which gives 3D renderation to the open
Windows. 3.
Live Taskbar thumbnails: enable one to view a small view of the
applications that are on the task bar. The application program may be
internet explorer which is showing the contents of a web page. The ALT
+ TAB key switcher window shows live thumbnails, instead of application
program icons. 4. Improved Search make use
of Indexing services, which makes searching faster than ever before.
Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) with additinal security features
5. Security: As far as security is concerned, the older
versions of
Windows, had lot of security problems. It is the hackers who invade the
system, sitting miles away from the system, and take the data that they
need, such as personal information, banking details, that one might
have stored in the computer. The default browser Internet Explorer has
been upgraded to 7.0. It contains lot of security features like,
Protected Mode Browsing, Antiphishing, Outbound and Inbound firewall,
Standard user account functionality, User Account Control, Windows
Defender, and Parental Controls.
Faster startup & fast shut down6.
Faster startup, new
sleep mode, fast shut down: Vista has got fast startup and shutdown
processes which completes within 5 to 10 seconds. The new Sleep mode
introduced here combines the features of Stand By mode with that of
Hibernate mode. When Vista enters into sleep mode, it writes the
contents of the memory into the hard disk. It waits for a period of
time, before progressing on to shutdown with hibernation. In vista,
Hibernate mode will be called as “Hybrid Sleep”.
7.
Super Fetch: This is a new memory management technology, which
pre-loads the most frequently used programs into memory, there by
speeding up the program loading process. It is an entire new feature,
which may not come to highlights on an average system. Ready
Boost to improve the speed of the PC8.
Ready Boost: We can now use Ready Boost to improve the speed of the PC.
Windows still today, normally made use of Virtual memory concept
through the use of swap files for getting additional memory. The swap
files are stored in relative slower hard disk, which has affected the
overall performance of the windows system. With rates of USB memory
stick sliding down, Microsoft decided to give Ready Boost option to
make use of USB memory sticks instead of Hard disk. The data stored on
the memory stick will be encrypted by the windows, so, that any
personal information loaded will not be disclosed. This feature is
combined with Super Fetch to give high memory related performances. 9.
Hybrid Hard Drive Support: The Hybrid drives combine the features of
flash memory with conventional hard drive to boost the overall
performance of PC. The Hybrid drives can save the amount of battery
life saving temporarily in to the buffer of flash memory, and at that
time the motor inside hard disk drive remain switched off. 10.
Better Power Management control: Windows Vista’s power
management
control features are expanded and are nicely organized. One gets a new
look at the settings. The new device manufacturers may be able to add
their own settings to the existing one. Better
wireless Networking 11.
Networking: In the field of wireless networking one will see much more
changes in the final release of Windows Vista. Now, one can save the
wireless connection settings and also one can name it. One can try to
reconnect using these settings. Windows Photo Gallery12.
Windows Photo Gallery: Lot of features will be included in this photo
gallery. One can view the thumbnail preview of the image files. One can
scale the image. There is a set of excellent features for importing,
previewing, sorting, distributing, and even perform basic modifications
to the images and even videos which one selects. 13.
Vista makes
renaming easier, by smartly selecting first part of filename by
default. This means that only filename will be selected up to the dot,
treating that rest of the filename after dot is extension. 14.
Microsoft has done away with word “My” for folders
that are
named as “My Documents”, “My
Pictures”. Instead
of that, the folders are simply called “Documents”,
“Pictures” etc. Windows Vista
with Media Player 11 15.
Windows Vista now comes with Media Player 11 Series. Bundled with lot
many features, it comes with more advanced, quicker searching
capability which searches the installed media files in the system as
well as in the network. One can burn DVD’s using Media Player
11. Side bar with calendar & clock 16.
Windows Vista includes a Side bar, which includes a calendar showing
current date and an analog clock showing current time. It includes XML
based gadgets, which offer useful functionality. Related
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Vista compared with Windows XP. It covers interseting topics like Aero
& 3D Effect, Better Gaming performance, installation phase,
Booting
process, Start Menu, Larger Icons on Desktop, Sidebar to save time,
Parental Control- Lets you control your Kid's activity & lots
more.
How
To Correctly Install Windows Vista Beta 2 Windows
Vista installation process can be performed easily. The Beta release of
Vista contains the code named "Long Horn" instead of Vista over it. The
process of installation depends on the CPU speed, memory available, and
amount disk space available. Windows
Vista Boot Disk What
is booting? This is perhaps the first question that any one can ask,
when we talk about Windows Vista Booting process. The booting is a
process of making the computer start by itself, and prepares the
operating system for use by the user. It is a process, which takes
place, when one switches ON the computer. As soon as, the computer is
switched ON, entire computer gets power. Importance
of Windows Vista product key Any
computer software product can be copied and installed on more than one
computer system. Let's know the importance of the Windows Vista product
key. |
