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After many year waitings, we have attained quite stable Windows Vista finally the edition. Windows Vista Beta 1 (see also my review), although itself has not contained too many end-users the functions, but had still contained near complete next generation Windows Shell, the immediate tabletop search, the early edition Aero user interface as well as other useful functions. To the Windows frantic public figure, they are uses eagerly Windows Vista Beta 1 proves Microsoft after many years quiet still in the compilation honored Windows system diligently. But, regarding Max the OS X user, Windows Vista Beta 1 brings is one kind of déjà vu (the translator note: French, seems to have met before meaning) feeling. In do Vista many things already integrate really, in Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” (see also my review) in?

Is also. In order to give a more accurate answer, I want to have the necessity 1 and Mac OS X Tiger carry on Windows Vista Beta a big contrast. Certainly also some Microsoft (see also the pledge which in 2003 specialized exploiter congress my report) made, at that time Microsoft has made a clean breast of own next generation operating system plan. After all, before Apple Company also by certain Microsoft, brings the showing off technology to affect, and they very clear may catch up with before this software giant puts into the market these things.

In you angry open the mail client side and prepare to tell me related Apple the patent, before the Copland creativity as well as other idle talk, please relax. I have not said Microsoft “the creation” anything. I wanted to say only am Microsoft on 2003 announced in PDC will join some specific technologies to Windows, but the Apple Company has seized the opportunity and joins these characteristics has been earlier in Vista issue Tiger, no matter before them, whether already to have this plan. Regarding the Apple Company, fast seizes the market is their competitive advantage, this is other matches can not hold a candle.

But, we should also see clearly, regarding the Microsoft market size is the competitive advantage. When the mainstream market indeed is using such as the immediate tabletop search and so on technology, they are considered as on are true suffice the component, although they regarding the operating system are the good things originally. But in today, this kind of situation, in they reach as high as in hundreds of millions huge user groups actually to rarely have saw.

I also want to remind you am Windows Vista also merely stem from the Beta 1 stage. Too many matters are also filling with the variable, many new functions 2 as well as the farther future join in Beta. This develops Tiger with the Apple Company the way to be just the opposite. When you review the WWDC 2004 lectures, you may discover that Steve Jobs has demonstrated in Tiger each new function nearly. One year later, when its product official issue, middle changes extreme few, and has not joined more major functions. This is not Microsoft\’s procedure. Vista Beta 1 is an its final edition small function subset merely.

Good, lets our concrete contrast Mac OS X Tiger and Windows Vista Beta 1.

Outward appearance and feeling

Although before comparing Windows 2000 and the edition, Windows XP has joined attractively, the color rich element in the user interface. But from examines esthetics (this to think that your taste) and the technical angle spoke this to compare OS X the Aqua contact surface also to have the very big disparity (e.g. chart). In fact, the Mac bean or sweet potato starch noodles ridiculed frequently XP the user interface looks like likely is “the Fischer sign (the translator note: One kind of toy)”, although this some unfair, but was still understandable. Comparatively, OS X looks like indeed is fresher, is more attractive, and has the interesting transition effect and attracts eyeball\’s place.

But Windows Vista the Beta 1 appearance ended this kind of disparity, although I did not think that we saw now Beta the edition Aero interfacial energy and Tiger Aqua place on a par. In Vista Beta in 1, Microsoft joined the massive Mac user already to enjoy 4 year visual effect, including the transparency, the high definition icon as well as many looked used dynamic effect.

Because the Apple Company had been through repeatedly 4 edition OS X to improve and the adjustment contact surface effect gradually, therefore the OS X Finder outward appearance compared Vista Beta 1 Aero appears is fresher and thorough. Above for example, they revised the question which the following window will run up to comes (e.g. chart). But Microsoft actually still unceasingly was emerging for these the new question puzzles. In Vista Beta in 1, will cause the demonstration located at the following window promiscuous even compared to that also to uglier (e.g. chart).

In the Windows XP icon usually is the 32×32 size, also has achieves the 64×64 size, but the OS X 128×128 icon wants attractively many (e.g. chart). Now, Windows Vista Beta 1 has used some 256×256 size icon (e.g. chart), this is in Tiger the icon 4 time of sizes. However, in Vista final edition icon before whether to use, pledged the vector icon will also need us to wait. The vector icon will bring the better demonstration quality, even more will adapt future high resolution monitor.

Tiger and Vista Beta 1 has provided the massive dynamic effects in the outward appearance pattern. For example, Tiger has included a named “genie” the minimum effect and deletes in Dock time the icon “poof of smoke” the effect. These effects look like are very good, but their function is not only to attract the eyeball. In fact, these effects may the feedback face visually to the user each kind of event which occurs. When your minimum window time “genie” will demonstrate window minimum any place to you, then you could more convenient find it afterward. Vista Beta in 1 also has the similar function, when you touch a window time, it will give us visually one kind of minimum to the corresponding duty fence button\’s feeling.

In brief, the Tiger user interface may use strange to describe that it far the gracefulness which comes compared to Windows Vista Beta 1 Aero. This is understandable, Vista was still an early Beta edition, will therefore very possibly have many theatrical changes in future edition.

Tabletop search

When Microsoft in October, 2003 announced will enter the tabletop search function conformity Windows Vista (at that time also called Longhron) the time, this competition then started. From then on, many companies, including the apple, Copernic, Google and Yahoo! have promoted the respective tabletop search product one after another, besides the Apple Company, other company\’s product was free (Microsoft also had even issued had tabletop search function MSN Search Toolbar, see also my review). However, these products have a something in common: Not at all before Microsoft will announce its next generation operating system standard will announce. Microsoft\’s matches knew that Longhorn on time will not issue, their solution will win in the time.

Apple Company\’s Spotlight solution is especially splendid. Looks like me the same Spotlight performance which mentioned in mine review Mac OS X Tiger quite splendid, it can save the users to forget in the system the document location worry: If you have cannot look the thing, that uses Spotlight to search, very effective (e.g. chart).

Windows Vista the Beta 1 tabletop search function is similar in Tiger. Is the same with Spotlight, the Windows Vista search function is ubiquitous. Starts the menu (e.g. chart) to have the search option, in the system tray also has, but also has the resources supervisor window (e.g. chart) the fast search. Spotlight has provided the grouping and sorting (e.g. chart) and so on ways adjusts the search the result, but Vista the Beta 1 piece has provided each kind of pile of filter (e.g. chart). Must use this function in Tiger, you must first found one to be able to provide this kind of filtration method intelligent folder (e.g. chart). Certainly, the intelligent folder can preserve the search the result, Vista Beta 1 may let you similarly save the search result to the hypothesized folder.

Is different in Spotlight, Vista the Beta 1 search function right and wrong immediate, but this is intends to design and by the proof was already a better plan. In the middle of Spotlight, when you start enters the search glossary, the search result then starts to present (e.g. chart). If your first search key word is the commonly used glossary (for example “the”), this will turn one very repugnantly, and will be unable the design which will close. In the middle of Vista, you need to knock into the carriage return key (perhaps one-shot search button) can start to carry on the search.

In brief, Windows Vista the Beta 1 search function looks like Spotlight indeed very much.

Data visualization and organization

The search function is very good, but I thought that Microsoft is in several months before discussed how Windows Vista Beta 1 did realize the data visualization and organization function time only then the true determination its status. “the search is very good,” Microsoft\’s leadership product manager Greg Sullivan in April\’s time once said to me, “in Windows Vista certainly will have the tabletop to search the function. But we discuss the focal point lies, once you will carry out the search task definitely to leave out some things. We are constructing an automatic organization\’s system first to guarantee that you will not leave out them. This is an enough intellectualized system, its oneself then can understand the data and the different categorical data organizational connections. Must understand we do the work best example is when you use \’Hail Mary\’ carries on as the key word searches, will have the irrelevant result. Do not misunderstand my meaning: The search is indeed very important. But it cannot represent completely. Our system will not force you to carry on the retrieval to the data”.

What relative Windows OS X Tiger Finder presents is the relative traditional filing system view. Except Home folder under documents, picture, music substandard, has not provided in Windows to be possible to save the specific type document “the special outer covering folder” (e.g. chart). Although Tiger may allow you to found the intelligent folder (to use for to preserve search result), but this function namely is not easy to discover that has not carried on the special integration. Especially, Tiger does not allow the intelligent folder which the use establishes in advance to preserve the general visit search the result.

Compares says, Windows Vista Beta 1 has provided the rich pile of tabulation, the prefabricated hypothesized folder (for example all documents, all pictures and video frequency as well as all musics) substitutes in the beforehand Windows edition the similar folder (e.g. chart). This point is very important, because many people can (picture) place the specific type document the system recommendation the folder (picture and video frequency) beside.

Vista the Beta 1 pair of Yuan data\’s support enabled it to achieve a new altitude. In order to return to the accurate search result, Vista Beta 1 and Tiger can simultaneously (actual data) and a description document Yuan data carries on the retrieval to the document content. Says easily about a Yuan data with the example to explain. Took a typical MP3 document, the filename was on the CD program number merely. But in a document Yuan data have contained program name, artist\’s name, special edition name, program number and so on. Moreover, in a Word documents\’ Yuan data contains has the author name and the final access time.

Under Tiger, not very simple perhaps the very obvious method edits the documents perhaps a other document Yuan data, you must result in the dependence document processing procedure (for example Microsoft Word) to increase perhaps to edit these information. In Vista Beta in 1, passes through the overall system throughout to the Yuan data\’s support, the user may can in carry on the search through foundation such as key word and the document foundation time rank time obtains benefits significantly. You can, in the Windows resources supervisor perhaps the ubiquitous preservation and save in addition for the dialog box (picture) under the very easy increase and an edition Yuan data. A most important spot is, this function was very easy to find.

Is this point very why important? If I must search my hard disk neutral Longhorn related document, then I will possibly receive over a thousand search results. When you need a more precise result, such search often is useless. But, if you once spent the time to increase the suitable Yuan data, found soon publishes with me about the Longhorn book related document no longer is any difficult matter. At least, this is the shortcut which may elect. Microsoft thought that this is a formidable function, can change the people to visit in since long the system the data way. I thought that perhaps they look satisfied the need.

No matter what, Vista the Beta 1 data visualization and the organization function have not the small progress. You can dispose the Finder window in Tiger to exhibit the icon by the different way, this is very good, but Windows many years ago provided the similar function (to say fairly, Tiger also had some unique outer covering characteristic, if opened and closed type folder automatically, this did not have similar reference in Windows). Vista Beta 1 has joined the new active icon, with the aim of letting the data which the document or the folder dynamic demonstration contain (e.g. chart). Therefore Vista the Beta 1 folder looked like is often similar to mixed with under this folder the actual content appearance (e.g. chart). But the documents icon will also reflect its will contain different content. Probably a Word documents icon\’s convention appears this documents the home page content, an image document can unfold it to contain the image content, and so on.

Such demonstration function lets us when the browsing piles up with the document (hypothesized) the folder, more convenient the data which finds us to want. But does not have the such function in Tiger.

Vista Beta 1 has also provided other attractive organization pattern, for example pile (e.g. chart). This function may defer to the specific standard (for example according to author perhaps size) carries on the grouping or the tabulation to the documents, lets the users be able carries on classified to the non-correlated documents and the data the collection. Cannot think in so the early Beta edition, Windows Vista data visualization and organization characteristic on distant surmounting Mac OS X Tiger. I now really very wants to know that which Apple Company\’s next OS X – Leopard will take to us newly east east.

In the second round

Windows Vista Beta which composes in me 1 with Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” in the second part of contrast, I will place the key point in these two system\’s security, the network and the power source management function.

–Paul Thurrott (translate by Aoouch)

on August 26, 2005

Original text: WinSupersite