I'm so ready for Vista. Surely it won't be a bad OS, right???
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By now. you've already heard that Microsoft has delayed Vista yet again, this time until early 2007. After spending hundreds of hot-rs testing the latest build. we definitely understand why. Vista and the drivers it relies on aren't stable enough to ship. Nevertheless, we can extrapolate from build 5308 what the future has in store for us. We can even use this latest build to get a pretty good idea of how the OS will run on different levels of hardware. But first, Jetts cover the basics. With Vista, Microsoft's goal is an operating system that will last for 10 or more years. To accomplish this. the brain trust in Redmond went over Windows XP with a fine-toothed comb. looking for any lega- cy code, then revamping. rewriting. or just plain exciting it as the situation demanded. Old code wasn't the only thing that went under the hatchet; all those weird things that never made sense (why are there mail-related settings in both the Mail panel. and the Internet control panel?) were reworked. When you sit down for the first time with Vista, it's not going to be a totally alien experience, but there are significant differences, especially if you've grown used to Windows XP's quirks. It's like travelling to a foreign country where everyone speaks English. The basic stuff is the same, but it just feels a little strange. So sit back, relax, and enjoy our guided tour of Vista.