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Windows Vista

I finally installed Windows Vista a couple days ago. Despite all of the negative press it has received, I am pretty happy with it so far. I've found a few programs that don't play well with it (iTunes seems to keep crashing, and a few other utilities that I used on XP), but for the most part, all of the applications I normally use work just as well on Vista.

There really aren't a lot of reasons to upgrade, and if you don't have a beefy computer, you'll be sorry you did. On the surface, it's mostly graphics upgrades (the Aero interface). These can be turned off to speed your computer back up, but I'm keeping them for now. My favorite new feature is how integrated the search feature is. Every window has search built in, as does the start menu. This makes it a ton easier to find files and things.

The biggest change to me is where all of the files for a specific user account are located. Since all of the locations have changed, I've had to update several scripts and programs that I use to synchronize and backup files to use the new locations ("Documents and Settings" folder is no more).

This may very well be the last Microsoft OS that I don't have to pay full price for, so let's hope it hangs around for at least a little while (although it's not really supposed to).

New Years

Here we are again, another year come and gone. That also means its nearly the end of the holiday vacation. I'm actually looking forward to getting back into my routine, and being able to remember what day it is.

Happy New Year to everyone, and here's to a great 2008!