Microsoft Vista

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Microsoft Vista

• By Moon-Yong Lee

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Table of Contents

• What is Microsoft Vista?
• Different Versions of Vista
• User Experience
• Performance
• Security
• Speech Recognition
• Other Cool Features

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What is Microsoft Vista?

• Windows Vista is the next major version of
  Microsoft Windows, the operating system developed
  by Microsoft.

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Versions

• Microsoft delivered five different versions of
  the Windows XP operating system, but these
  different versions were aligned with specific
  types of PC hardware instead of with the
  different ways people use their PCs.
• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Windows Vista Business

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Versions Continued

• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Ultimate
• Aero Glass is built on the new Desktop
  Compositing Engine, adding support for 3D
  graphics, translucency, animation and other
  visual effects.

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User Experience

• Windows Flip and Windows Flip 3d
• Live taskbar thumbnails

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Performance

• SuperFetch
• External memory devices
• Hybrid Hard Drive

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Security

• Windows Vista is engineered to be the most secure
  version of Windows yet.

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Other Cool Features

• Speech Recognition
• Windows Sidebar
• Windows SideShow

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Sources

• http//www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx
  
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista
• http//www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1931945
  ,00.asp