Living with Vista: Video Demo #1

Real basic overview

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 by Frogboy | Discussion: Vista Reviews

Today I made a short demo of using Windows Vista. Nothing fancy and admittedly, my live talking to myself demo skills are not particularly impressive. But hopefully you'll be able to get a general overview of Windows Vista.

Click the link below to view it.

The next video in the series will get into more of the meat.  Windows Vista isn't just Windows XP with new eye candy and some new utilities, so stay tuned to see some of the benefits of Windows Vista.

Also, if you want to make your experiences of Windows Vista public, you can read this post.

Screenshots:


 My Vista default desktop


Power Users will be happy with the resource monitor.


Now a universal benchmark for Vista machines. This will become a big deal I predict.


Personalization is both more and less powerful than Vista. We'll talk about more in the coming weeks.


No "skinning" this time around in Vista by default but users can change both the opacity and color of glass in Vista which most will likely prefer.


The new Start menu is a big improvement in most ways over XP's. Easier to find things, better organized, more professional looking.

...and now the video demo...

 

Dr Guy
Reply #1 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 1:24 PM

I always thought you had a deeper voice. 

Great video.  Thanks for showing it.  I will be back reading a lot more this fall.

Island Dog
Reply #2 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 1:26 PM
I don't have any audio at this computer, but at least I could see the video.

  
Frogboy
Reply #3 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 1:36 PM
Dr. Guy - when I'm in a hurry, my pitch rises.
BobFlyGuy
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:57 PM
Thank you for making the video. I found it very informative and look for more from you.
Vercingetorix1
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:40 PM
What is the highest score you can get in the benchmark thing?
I presume its 5.
Jonathan Marston
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:30 PM
What is the highest score you can get in the benchmark thing?
I presume its 5.


My PC is well over 5, so I presume it's unlimited.
Frogboy
Reply #7 Saturday, September 23, 2006 2:28 PM
hah.
roquen777
Reply #8 Sunday, October 1, 2006 12:53 PM
Thanks foir the vid Brad! Running RC1 now. Very nice acctually. If pos, it would be nice to have more in-deepth vid demos going a little deeper in to the OS. If pos I'd like to see what options are available using explorer and the arrangment of files. I've played a little bit but I'm sure I'm only just scatching the surface.
Thanks
vStyler
Reply #9 Thursday, November 2, 2006 1:36 AM
Very Informative , love your cynical view on the performance ratings

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