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Four features I love in Vista

Posted on December 29th, 2006 by Tim.
Categories: General/Misc..

 Since it’s generally accepted that I’m a kool-aid drinking fanboy, I’d like to share a few of my favorite features of Vista, and why I will never go back to XP.

1. Wordwheel

While most people don’t know it by this name, “wordwheel” is the feature in Vista that allows you to “search as you type”. The place I love this most is in the start menu.

2. Flip 3D

Dude, it’s just plain cool.

3. Accurate file copy estimation

Something that was completely redone in the shell was the file copy engine. The file copy progress bar now has an accurate estimate of time remaining, and even tells you the transfer speed! The screenshot below shows a transfer from one harddrive to another, at 20.5 MB/s.

4. Network map

Vista has a ton of new features for networking. One great one is the one-click repair/diagnose buttons. I really wish it told me what it was doing, but it’s quite nice that it usually works when DHCP/DNS settings get borked. In addition, it displays a nice network map showing the general topology of your network. Below is a screenshot of my desktop-router-modem-internet:

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