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I can easily live without such innovation
As long as you understand that most of Vista is just recycled stuff from other people's work, fine.

I've tried out the last 2 Vista CTPs and I think the recycled stuff is boring. Oooo, transparent windows! Ooooo, the window doesn't just minimize anymore, it kind of "swirls" down to the task bar. Apple may have innovated these "features" but I would put those "features" on par with MS innovating a green Start button. Who cares?

And the sidebar? All OSs have had functional equivalents for years. I guess you could look at the fact that it is now on the side of your screen as an "innovation". Congrats Apple for innovating the location of the same old helper utilities that everyone has had for up to 15 years (starting with Sidekick)! Hell, you could get the exact same functionality with ActiveX and Active Desktop in Windows 95.

You keep the sidebars and your swirly minimize animation, I'll keep the flexibility of being able to customize my systems the way I want to, not the way some corporate guy in Cupertino thinks is best for me.

Woo-hoo, I can see why you're
excited.

Who is excited? I don't see anyone here excited other than all the ABMers who are falsly claiming that MS claimed that sidebars are innovative. Personally, I don't think I'll upgrade to Vista unless I absolutely have to. I haven't seen anything in there that makes me think: oooo, I gotta have this!
Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 02/03/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Vista Sidebar finds space  Loverock Davidson | 02/02/06
I like them  Michael Kelly | 02/02/06
M$ should just finish biting off the Apple  Jeff Spicoli | 02/03/06
And I'll ask again  Loverock Davidson | 02/03/06
This may be the first time I've ever agreed with you.  olePigeon | 02/03/06
oh, by all means, they can..  Jeff Spicoli | 02/03/06
so useless  Linux Geek | 02/02/06
because  Shelendrea | 02/02/06
Bwahahaha!!  Jeff Spicoli | 02/03/06
You Can Have It Now!  ericortner | 02/02/06
Gee looks like  Linux User 147560 | 02/02/06
Gee  Loverock Davidson | 02/02/06
No...  ericortner | 02/02/06
Windows has them  Loverock Davidson | 02/02/06
And yet KDE, Gnome  Linux User 147560 | 02/02/06
Innovative?  Loverock Davidson | 02/02/06
A COUPLE years?  mobrien_12@... | 02/02/06
So what you're saying is....  tic swayback | 02/02/06
Nope  Loverock Davidson | 02/02/06
Fair enough  tic swayback | 02/03/06
Fair enough  Loverock Davidson | 02/03/06
Whatever  tic swayback | 02/03/06
I can easily live without such innovation  NonZealot | 02/03/06
No excitement?  tic swayback | 02/03/06
Mike Cox? Come on tic, you know better!  NonZealot | 02/03/06
You may be right  tic swayback | 02/03/06
Okay, that's pretty funny  tic swayback | 02/02/06
true, true  0369 | 02/02/06
Sounds pretty cool  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/02/06
Wow, the innovation is unbelievable  mlindl | 02/03/06
Who would'a thunk!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 02/03/06
Vista will be a major upgrade ...  Anton Philidor | 02/05/06

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