Waiting for Vista

I’m a Windows Users by day and a Mac user by night. Although I look forward to what’s coming up in Cupertino at the next Keynote, I’m also anxious to see the next upgrade to Windows XP. I’ve been using that dreadful OS for over 4 years now and have been bored to tears of the look and feel. Security has not been that much of an issue for me but I used to Administer Windows machines at my previous job and I had to reformat many a machines due to nasty viruses, malware and spyware. That registry would also get so bloated on some machines that the computer would just slow down to a screech and the only thing was to reformat and start over. Anyway, when I saw the new Vista GUI via screenshots and such, one thing that bothered me was the black taskbar and the first thing that I wondered was if there was a built in option to change it to a lighter color. No offense with the black but I just don’t like the dark side on my computer. Well, it looks like I’ll be able to change this when the time comes thanks to the built in personalization section in Vista that allows you to change the color and glassiness, the start menu and the taskbar. I’m particularly interested in the frost color scheme. I’m just glad that I don’t have to be stuck with the default black. For screenshots of the latest build see Paul Thurrott’s Supersite for Windows. I more than likely won’t get Vista on my computer until I upgrade to a new one at work sometime next year. The Windows Vista offerings will include more versions than we are used to seeing in the past. I’m wondering what the equivalent of the Pro edition is exactly, Business? or Ultimate? For a guide on the various editions check here. Scary! I’m really glad Apple just makes 1 OS for consumers.