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A first look at Vista, good and bad
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Like it or not, you’ll probably be using Windows Vista before you know it.
Microsoft expects to sell 200 million copies of the new operating system within 24 months. By comparison, Windows 95 sold 67 million copies in its first two years.
Vista is being marketed as a "breakthrough computing experience." That may be pushing it, especially since some of the more radical innovations were cut when the project bogged down two years ago, but it will rapidly change the way many people use a PC.
Most of those 200 million Vista users will really like the new software, after they’ve worked through the transition from Windows XP.
But Vista’s not perfect, and it has plenty of things to gripe about. This isn’t a comprehensive preview, but a heads-up about some of the best and worst things to expect. The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: A first look at Vista, good and bad
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