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What's new in Windows Vista?
Vista Features at a Glance:
- 32-bit and 64-bit versions
- Quick Startup. Users can immediately begin working with their PC as soon as they turn it on with Windows Vista new Quick Startup feature.
- Windows AeroT offers an elegant, more visually compelling desktop experience that provides users with a greater ability to visualize and work with information and a smoother, more stable desktop experience.
- Tagging Files: Windows Vista's powerful new search and organization features extensively utilize file properties (metadata) to provide users with an even more dynamic way to interact with their information. Users can tag photos in the Windows Photo Gallery, music in Windows Media Player 11, and documents in the Documents Explorer; it's simple and provides more flexibility in file organization.
- Windows Sidebar boosts user productivity by providing instant access to Gadgets - customizable mini-applications that offer useful information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools such as Sticky Notes, Picture Puzzle, CPU Meter and Calculator. Users will also be able to download a growing number of Gadgets from the online Gadget gallery as they are made available. Windows Sidebar will provide a quick link to this gallery.
- Enabling the Mobile Workforce to Stay Better Connected and Be More Effective
- Mobility: New tools are designed to help organizations realize the benefits of mobile computing. Examples
include the following:
- Windows® Meeting Space. The new collaboration feature in Microsoft Windows Vista, is a simple yet powerful tool that enables face-to-face collaboration among small groups of Windows Vista users, anytime and anywhere
- Windows SideShow is a new platform that supports secondary screens that original equipment and general hardware manufacturers can include in their designs for portable computers, keyboards, mobile phones, remote control units and other devices.
- Better touch and tablet technology. Windows Vista provides a new set of features that will make Tablet PCs more useful for mobile workers, such as better-integrated pen support, touch-screen support, digital ink input, and new handwriting-recognition technologies. Find, organize and use information more effectively
You will want to examine both hardware and software compatibility issues before upgrading to Windows Vista: