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Windows Vista, More Than Just a Pretty Face

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-judge-a-book-by-its-bsod dept.

Nash writes "Ars Technica takes a look under the hood of Vista, discussing the need for a new API and comparing the graphics engine in Vista to that of Mac OS X. 'With Windows Vista it will be possible to implement Exposé properly-with live window updates and low system overhead. That said, it doesn't thus far look like Microsoft will be doing anything so useful as Exposé. Though the blurred glass effect is rather attractive, it's not exactly useful. Other visual effects include miniature window previews when the mouse cursor is hovered over taskbar buttons and an upgraded alt-tab device, and Flip3D.'"

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  1. Re:Glass Effect and Screenshots by errxn · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's kind of unfortunate that the Glass effect is transparent So, in other words, it's kinda like...glass?
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  2. Re:You can put lipstick on a pig... by Paulrothrock · · Score: 5, Funny

    And what I've found with Windows is that people take that pig and say "Well, it works well enough, and all the clothes I bought for it fit, so I don't think I should switch over to a real woman. Besides, I hear that real women are very expensive."

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  3. New slogan... by dark-br · · Score: 5, Funny

    News for the amnesiac. Stuff that mattered.

  4. Re:More than a pretty face. . . by ThatsNotFunny · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whores are less expensive, and less prone to viruses than Vista.

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