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Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X: The Startup Sound Debate
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Microsoft has crafted a new startup sound for Windows Vista’s Aero experience along with a 
complicated back story. But Apple’s Macintosh has long used sounds to alert users to system problems at startup time and this Vista ditty may be heard by Windows customers as mere "ear candy."
Windows Vista will come with a new startup sound and other soundscape elements in its Aero interface. However, while Redmond execs tell the world how "cool" Windows has become and the great meaning behind the sounds, Window XP users may just add the charge of "ear candy" along with "eye candy" for the new interface.
Microsoft’s hype machine for Vista hit new heights recently with blog postings, press stories and even a radio feature flogging the new startup sound for Windows Vista. Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X: The Startup Sound Debate
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