I came across this article today in the news from V3.
- ‘Available networks’ tool on taskbar — already present in OS X, works great! It was called Internet Connect, but now is just part of the Network pane in System Preferences.
- Fewer annoying pop-ups — true we get a bouncing dock icon if you want it; but pop-ups aren’t standard.
- HomeGroup — oh yeah, I think we call that Bonjour.
- Device Stage — sounds like more work, OS X launches the program and gets ready to work.
- BitLocker support for removable storage — Now, for businesses, this has promise. Home users get nothing from what I understand. There is FileVault; however if you want whole drive encryption, you can get tools like TrueCrypt.
- Speedier boot-up — yeah, that is working . . . my MacBook was still faster booting OS X than it was booting Windows 7.
- Libraries — copycat? Yeah, *Nix systems have been using this model for some time now.
- User Account Control is less in-your-face — about time!!!
- Multi-touch — okay, this is only available on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and ModBooks; we are still waiting for Apple to release a NetBook or Tablet PC that will blow our socks off.
- It’s not Windows Vista — yeah, we never thought we would see something more busted up than Windows ME; but that has come & now they are ‘getting it right’.
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iron wil
