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...long wait for Microsoft's next operating system, Windows Vista, is almost over. Dramatically redesigned, the new OS features tighter security, slicker visuals and friendlier--one might be tempted to say Mac-like--applications for managing photos, movies and music. Microsoft gave TIME a chance to play with Vista before its January launch. Here's what's new and why upgrading from XP is smart...
...analyst Rob Enderle says a "big chunk of viruses" won't work on the new OS. Unlike Windows XP, Vista almost always asks the user for permission to install new software, so it catches many more sinister programs before they strike. Says Enderle: "Vista is much more like the Mac OS, Linux and Unix in the way that it behaves and the way that it is secured...
...think about it: it would be better for you to have all the data and all the applications that you use on a server somewhere, and then whatever computer or device you're near you would be able to use. Let's say you have a PC or a Mac at home and at the office, and you have a BlackBerry and a portable and so forth and so on. You're constantly moving files around. What happens if you drop your ThinkPad and break...
...just released a new album and are beginning a U.S. tour but “they are absolute pros at this type of event,” O’Brien said. Prompted by moderator Tracy E. Nowski ’07, the Ladies articulately discussed everything from Easy Mac and back beards to suicide and politics—and of course, nudity (“As you get older, it’s less funny and more sad”). The topic that came up most often, however, was Canada. When fellow Canadian Nowski asked what they thought made...
...Mac users get iPhoto for free, so they know the familiar organization window - a giant screen full of pictures that you can scroll through and tag with different characteristics. There is no Photoshop Elements 5.0 for the Mac, probably for good reason. The next Windows release, Vista, will have some comprehensive photo tools, but having the organizing system and editing tools in one package is advantageous...