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Windows Vista: Advantages and DisadvantagesWindows Vista Advantages:

1. Improved Graphical User Interface, the Aero:

There is an entire new GUI for Windows Vista. The appearance of window,

desktop, start button, start menu, taskbar, everything got a new look.

Now, the window in Windows Vista looks similar to that of in Mac OSX.

Minimize, maximize and the close buttons wore an entire new strange

look. The windows can be made to appear in translucent, 3D modes, if

the new Aero is applied. The start button has been modified to give a new

look. The word start has been removed. Only the new Windows logo

gets appear in start button. Start menu also got a new look. The desktop

wallpapers got a new look too. The desktop contains a side bar, whichshows a clock, and some of the widgets. Widgets are small programs,

which is equivalent to standard short cuts.

2. Surf the net, without much worry about security

Browsing the net, without any security measures invites a major danger.

Windows Vista enable one provide high level of security measures.

Window Vista has come with a latest version of Internet Explorer which is

version 7.0. This provides a higher degree of security to the system, aswell as, the operating system environment. It also warns strictly against

visiting some fake sites. It includes phishing filter to provide higher

security while surfing the net. Protection against spamming is also

provided. The other security measures include tools such as Windows

defender, advanced firewall, Encryption/Decryption of data, support for

NTFS partitions, auto backup. The Windows Defender is a program which

blocks suspicious programs which tries to do some illegal activity in thecomputer system. Advanced firewall provides security to both incoming

and outgoing data.

3. Manage your knotty kids, using parental controls:

One can control kids by using parental controls in Windows Vista. Parents

can now deny access to certain programs especially, the games. Through

separate child account, parents can now keep track of what all activities

done by the child. It also enables parents to control the activities by

blocking certain activities such as running a game program, blocking

some sites that, the child might have visited etc. For this to work, parent

must setup separate account for the child with different password.4. Play multimedia contents using latest media player:

The latest version of Windows Media Player bundled with Windows Vista.

The Windows Media Player 11 enhances video, audio quality when playing

sound, music, videos. It has got new look and has got a series of rich

features. These features include URGE services from MTV digital music

services, Simplified Library, Library layouts. The newest URGE services

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provide access to the huge collection of online music, song collections.

The simplified library improves customization options. Whenever, one

plugs some of the latest media player compatible devices, the media

player detects the device and installs the drivers associated with the

device automatically.

5. Improved search, Windows Explorer:

In Windows Vista, you will get the searchresult as and when you type

some letters of a particular word. The explorer shows a list of all files in

the folder by default. When one types in, the few letters of words in the

search box, the files will get filtered out according to the letters. Suppose,if one searches for filenames of govt. services, the search will filter out

and displays only files with filenames with the name gov, if you type

gov in the search text box. It will further filter the filenames, when you

type full form. Also, the look of Windows Explorer got changed rapidly.

More sorting options are also provided. Different kinds of listing is also got

introduced.

6. Date and time, know the difference in time across the world:

In earlier Windows operating systems, it was indeed difficult to know the

time difference across the two countries. It proved difficult for online chat

users. In Windows Vista, one can add additional clocks, to show the time

of some other country. For example, if you want to know the time of

London, then you can add clock of London to the additional clocks tray.The tray comes up for display, when one moves mouse over the time

shown in the task bar.

7. Manage your photos using photo gallery:

Windows Vista has got an inbuilt tool called as Photo Gallery to managedigital photos. Using it, one can modify the photos. It has got ability to

show previews of movie files, a feature, which was not there with

Windows XP. Using this tool, one can transfer or share the photos

from computer to devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, etc. The photogallery also has the ability to work high precision, high quality images,

which are produced by latest high quality cameras.

8. Total different world, new experience:

Windows Vista brings you the new world of new experience. It starts from

amazingly changed desktop, which goes beyond imagination. All icons

look better this time around. The 256x256 resolution icons made Vistaworld to feel like you have got a computer from heaven. Networkingaspect has improved further in Windows Vista, with the introduction of

further security enhancements. Performance wise, vista makes life better,

when compared with its predecessors.

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Vista Disadvantages:

1. Requirements high, too hot deal:

Windows Vista, the next generation operating system requires superb

computer to install. It consumes a lot more resources than itspredecessor windows XP. For vista Aero to work, you need to invest

something more than what you would have expected to invest before. The

graphics card requirement is quite high. The graphics card must be of

DirectX 10 supported. The required minimum graphics memory on thegraphics card is 128 MB. For better performance, graphics memory must

be of 256 MB. The minimum hard disk space required is 20 GB for

installation of Windows Vista. Processor speed is also expected to be high

for Aero to work smoothly without causing any hiccups. The memory

requirement for Windows Vista system is high. The system will work

smoothly when one has got RAM of about 2 GB installed. Totally, I would

like to say that, Windows vista eats up lot of resources, than itspredecessor, the Windows XP.

2. Regarding price, sucking your hard earned money:

The price of Windows Vista Ultimate edition seems to be too high.

Ordinary user cannot thus, have a look into all the features of Vista,

which is only available in the Ultimate Edition. Microsoft seems to be notso interested in country wise markets. The prices are set according to the

US market. However these prices are on higher side for developing asian

countries. Microsoft should set the price of Vista as per the market. It is

the time for Microsoft to think over this aspect, having introduced stricter

validation process.3. Replace the oldies, another way of extracting:

This is a usual problem, which always exists whenever new operating

system gets released, and you have an old system or have some oldcomponents in the system. If one decides to install windows vista in the

old system, then they should check the compatibility of system

components, checking whether Vista supports them or not. Some

manufacturers will still provide Vista support for the oldies by providing

the latest drivers for the same. If manufacturers are not providing the

latest drivers, you need to purchase a new device as a replacement for

the existing device. Before, you purchase a new device you need to checkout for Vista compatible or Vista ready logo, which is put up on thedevice.

4.Window appearance. Did you like the different look?

In Windows Vista, the window appearance underwent lot of unwantedchanges. The windows in Windows Vista, the window appears similar to

that of MAC OSX. The Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons, wore a

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different look. The three buttons got reduced in their sizes, making them

unclear to aged people, people with eye sight problems. The minimize,

maximize, and close buttons have reduced in sizes. The icon in the other

end has disappeared, which makes the window slightly dull in

appearance.

In overall, the new operating system, Windows Vista is said to be an ideal

replacement to its predecessor, the Windows XP.