Here's a screenshot of Windows Vista rc1 running on my Dell D620. Everything is working very well despite a few bugs. IE7 continues to give me some minor fits I cannot explain: 1. I cannot change my homepage and make it stick. 2. I cannot add URL's to the trusted sites zone or the intranet zone. On other fronts: 1. I have to launch the sidebar manually - although some think this is a
good thing. 2. Expanding my monitor still is with its problems - the behavior isn't consistent. On the up side: 1. Performance is still very fast. Much faster than the previous versions. 2. The more I get used to the interface, I find I am doing every day tasks quicker than I did in Windows XP. 3. More and more apps are beginning to run smoothly on Vista. However,
RSS Bandit wont even install which is a huge bummer. With or without Glass enabled. And Dell needs to get on the ball and release some beta drivers already! Please? Boot up is still taking a bit longer (+ 60 seconds) than I would like as well. I think this is related to booting at work only and having to sit through the GPO's getting pushed down. At home it boots up much quicker (under 30 seconds). Also interesting to see is
Chris Pirillo's post and
Charlie's challenge to Vista's Aero Glass ...
check out the video.