To add to my lengthy list of Windows Vista annoyances: what’s up with the abnormally bland boot screen?! I’m all for decreasing clutter and all, but a simple progress bar seems so incomplete (then again, so does the rest of Vista). Brandon showed me a quick trick the other night when he was helping me with one of my AMD desktops. I’ve been told that this trick should only be used on newer / faster machines. You’ll need to have administrative privileges to get ‘er working right. Either use the Run command or a CMD prompt to enter:

bcdedit /set quietboot 1

Should make your Windows Vista startup animation a bit more… animated? Dunno. I’m all for abolishing the boot process altogether. When my home office furniture arrives this weekend, I’ll finally be able to start playing with the Mac Mini that Ponzi gave me for Christmas. I’ve already set up the Parallels beta that allows me to access my Boot Camp Windows installation from within OS X (and “Coherence” is beyond astounding).