Windows Vista Beta 2
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:16 am
Do forgive if there's already been a topic made about this.
I've been exploring a lot of operating systems lately. So I decided to try out the windows vista beta. It's pretty cool! The graphics effects are amazing. Everything has a new and refreshed feel, much more modern and high-techish. I haven't really done anything on it yet to notice any bugs or anything (although my sound doesn't work at the moment). I shall have more feedback after I play around with it for a little bit
Here are some screenshots I took.
1. My desktop. The start menu, task bar, icons and background. It's pretty cool. Everything has a "glass" feel. You can choose to set the opacity of the glass. Which means if you wanted to, you could "see through" your task bar and windows, etc. Notice how when I mouseover the task bar, it shows a thumbnail of what i'm doing... in this case, my website.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9035/11wr1.jpg
2. This picture shows the cool fading effects when you minimize and maximize windows. (also when you open and close them).
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8928/23wo.jpg
3. This shows the look of internet explorer (with showmypro of course)
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5025/30py3.jpg
I'll post more feedback when I find other cool stuff.
I had heard the hype that it would be hard on memory. My computer seems to be handling it very well. (task manager shows 1% cpu usage, at the moment). Could also be because I have 1.5 gigs of RAM.
Have any others tried it?
I've been exploring a lot of operating systems lately. So I decided to try out the windows vista beta. It's pretty cool! The graphics effects are amazing. Everything has a new and refreshed feel, much more modern and high-techish. I haven't really done anything on it yet to notice any bugs or anything (although my sound doesn't work at the moment). I shall have more feedback after I play around with it for a little bit
Here are some screenshots I took.
1. My desktop. The start menu, task bar, icons and background. It's pretty cool. Everything has a "glass" feel. You can choose to set the opacity of the glass. Which means if you wanted to, you could "see through" your task bar and windows, etc. Notice how when I mouseover the task bar, it shows a thumbnail of what i'm doing... in this case, my website.
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9035/11wr1.jpg
2. This picture shows the cool fading effects when you minimize and maximize windows. (also when you open and close them).
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8928/23wo.jpg
3. This shows the look of internet explorer (with showmypro of course)
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5025/30py3.jpg
I'll post more feedback when I find other cool stuff.
I had heard the hype that it would be hard on memory. My computer seems to be handling it very well. (task manager shows 1% cpu usage, at the moment). Could also be because I have 1.5 gigs of RAM.
Have any others tried it?