I have assembled my top 5 seemingly small yet wonderful things I love about Vista.

1. While in sleep mode, Vista auto-searches for wi-fi hotspots. Upon resuming Vista, your computer is automatically connected if it’s an open network (don’t worry, if concerned about security, you can turn this feature off). This saves me a LOT of time. In XP, every time you resumed, you had to wait for it to connect.

2. Search right from the Start menu. Much better than the old run command of XP. I can search any of my documents, music, program files, all from that bar, and it’s a live search too, narrowing down my results as a type. Best of all, it searches WITHIN documents for certain phrases. Definitely useful!

3. Power-saving features. I use a laptop, and battery is a big issue for me. Vista is a huge update from XP in that doesnt burn nearly as much battery, and you have greater customization over how you want power managed when on battery and AC. On a 6cell, I can achieve 5 and a half hours with the right settings!

4. It’s prettier. XP looks so archaic when I look back. Vista looks so aesthetically pleasing. And not just the aero (glass) feature everyone it talking about. They replaced the start button with an orb. Taskbar items are highlighted blue when you mouse-over them. All these little things that people don’t notice. And the two tone taskbar itself looks nice. It’s just visually appealing to the eyes, and when staring in front of a computer for hours, this really helps.

5. Auto-defrag. Most vista users dont even know, but vista auto-defrags their laptop by default. And best of all, a window doesn’t pop up or anything. Everything happens in the background w/o the user even noticing. Such a great improvement over XP!

And finally, though it isn’t small, still important.

6. It’s faster! Believe it or not, Vista is actually faster than XP in browsing and general application usage (sorry, but gaming still goes to XP). Vista makes better usage of dual core, and uses SuperFetch to pre-load commonly used programs into your RAM even if the computer just booted up! This makes a huge difference when opening up firefox. Instead of searching the harddrive then storing it in RAM, Vista already has it in RAM for you. Opening Firefox is quick.

For the 2 years I’ve had Vista, I haven’t had any serious experiences except once when a printer couldn’t function with Vista. On all other counts, I’m more than happy I made the switch.

Vista gets a lot of rag from people that either A) for some reason support Apple even though they’re not getting paid for it (ie. MacFanBoys) or B) don’t actually understand how a computer works. Most of the time, what slows Vista down is the insane amount of crapware that comes pre-loaded in machines you purchase (HP is NOTORIOUS for this), or if the chip is an AMD (AMD chips just suck with Vista, there’s a reason Mac went with Intel).

Do the research and use Vista on a machine from an owner that actually knows about computers and has removed all the crapware. You’ll be very surprised at the speed and comfort Vista offers.

You asked for 5, but below are a few more:
6. Exchange server works better with PCs
7. Free software, including most open-source software is available for PCs-only
8. itunes decreases your control of music files. It restricts your ability to burns CDs, transfer files to multiple machines, and convert to other formats.
9. Apple has a reputation for not following environmental standards for production. There are many PC manufacturers that follow and exceed most environmental standards for production of their hardware.
10. Apple has played a lead role in working with record and movie corporations to restrict user control of video and audio files.

The last time I looked the cheapest mac was around $1300. Now I can build a PC of the same or better spec for less than $900.

I’d say Macs are definitely more expensive.

Oh my airport card suddenly stops working. It’s AU$79 please, thank you. Oh my harddisk stops spinning. It’s AU$449 please, thank you. If it’s any consolation, the harddisk is a 750GB one. I said “If”.

Oh my wife uses my mac book pro for day to day computer actvities. Browsing, sending email, clicking, scrolling down, saving, shutting off. Oh she can update the softwares very easily as well, one click away as she likes to say. Very easy to use as all applications she’d ever need are all put on the dock. Really intuitive!! Did I say mac book pro?? Sorry it’s a cheap celeron notebook running ubuntu with awn dock installed. I told her it’s a mac book pro, she didnt even care to confirm if it was true. she just wants to browse the internet!!! you don’t deny a lady’s needs.

This is an absolute lie. The most egregious example of Apple’s exorbitant pricing is memory. I priced a Mac Pro in 32 GB of 800Mhz memory (which should have been about $800.00) and it increased the price of the system by $4000.00!!!!

I do believe OS X is safer than Windows for the moment. But it won’t last. The more people use Apple, the more people will hack them. And personally, I do believe that Apple has a major leg up with the Unix base, but Microsoft will probably catch up. If not, Apple will enjoy their time in the sun until another giant comes along with a better product.

The same thing will happen to Ubuntu in terms safety and such if it gets popular enough. We all need to realize that as technology changes, so do the targets and techniques of those who would harness it for less than honest purposes. Nothing and no one is immune. Its just the way it works.

Essse outro songo-mongo que defende o Vista também é um idiota. Defender o Vista??? VTNC!!

Abraços pros Nerds.
CHg RULA!

600$ for 4GB?

WTF?

Dude, Crucial sells 4 GB for about 100$. for Mac!

:p