Windows Live & Windows 7
There is nothing more noticeable by running the Windows Live Beta on Windows 7, then the fact that the two were made for each other. This shows most with Windows Live Messenger; and how it has tasks for everything and is built into the new taskbar perfectly.
All of the Windows Live programs that I’ve tested (excluding the hopefully nowhere near finished Windows Live Movie Maker) also now have high-resolution icons to represent their programs (instead of just the old 32x32 pixel images).
You have to admit though, Windows 7 looks beautiful.
MacBook Air
The world's thinnest notebook. I have to admit, this notebook is pretty impressive. One of the best at the $1,800 price limit. But its features, how much of its new? And yes, I'm sorry if I'm raining on your parade.
Indeed, Intel went way out of their way to make that super-mini Core 2 Duo Processor. Good Job Intel, I salute your efforts. It has a rather large battery (as shown in the keynote demo), a very small motherboard, a full size keyboard, and a lovely display. It is indeed, a work of art.
One of the main things that bugged me, was the wireless Optical drive. It is, indeed, a wonderful idea. But its nowhere near new. As any technology enthusiast knows, Macintosh OS X is modified from the FreeBSD system. While doing some hacking around inside of my step-father's mac, I noticed that it uses the Samba program. Samba is a program used in Linux, Unix, BSD, (and macintosh) operating systems for file-sharing and networking and all that good jazz.
*Nix mounts CDs/DVDs to a certain folder, such as /media/cdrom or /media/dvd or any other possible mount point that the operating system or user specifies. And Samba, can quite easily share this system over the network.
I'm assuming (now its not know because nobody has the Windows disk for the MacBook Air, seeing as it doesn't ship for two weeks), that it includes a modified version of Samba made for Windows, and that all it really is a hacked version of Samba.
It was just a little something that bugged me, but that's not to say that the MacBook Air is not an impressive machine. I'd be lying if I said that, it is a VERY impressive machine. I want one 
.
So, that's my take on the Remote Disc feature of the MacBook Air. I don't really have much to say right now, I'm just blogging away, heh. Its currently 12:37 am CST, I'm watching the end of the Apple Keynote over QuickTime right now on my wonderful Windows Vista computer, and I just felt like I had to blog about it. So, there you go.
Maybe tomorrow I'll post some real content, eh?
What Windows Vista would have been
After about five years, people were wondering what Windows was doing and why their operating system wasn't out yet. Businesses and Technology enthusiasts were pushing Microsoft to release their next big upgrade, but Microsoft's technology specialists weren't anywhere near finished with Windows Vista. There were a lot of features that they really wanted to put into it, and judging from some YouTube videos I've seen (some of which may not be authentic), Windows Vista was going to be one hell of an operating system, with one hell of a GUI.
After being rushed, they took away the WinFS, which was truly going to be a revolutionary file system (or so they say). But they also toned down the GUI a lot. And I can see why. Even after Windows Vista was released, there was a lot of complain over how computers that were marked "Windows Vista Capable" were only capable of running Windows Vista in basic mode, not with Aero capabilities. Imagine how much more infuriated people would have been if the GUI had in fact been much better. Computers (considering how bloated Vista is) would have needed to be much faster, and have much higher computer requirements.
This is my opinion anyway, based on some videos I watched, although, I can not confirm how authentic they are, I've posted some links below:
Enjoy yourself ^.~
Until Later,
Navarr
PHP Programming using Windows Vista Voice Recognition
Alternative Text: A short YouTube video showing that Windows Vista Voice Recognition actually does (surprisingly!) work. Using it to program a small PHP script.