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Microsoft’s new operating system, Vista, has revolutionized the way users interact with their computers. Vista takes personal computing to a new level - unparalleled in desktop computing. The operating system has made it more than easy for both professionals and beginners to derive optimum productivity from their PCs. We take a look at the Vista Home Edition and see what makes this operating system more than user friendly.

First, the desktop is longer a static flat area of dull icons, shortcuts and folders. In Vista, it can be transformed into an area which you can see all your open windows in 3D. You can see all the pages of your Internet Explorer stacked against each other in utmost clarity. No longer do you have open pages and files hidden on the task bar where you will have to open them to see what each is displaying.

The search facility has also been improved in the Vista Home Edition. You can find whatever you want from the start menu. You don’t need to activate the search functionality and then enter your parameters. You type your search string right into the start many and have your results displayed instantly.

The Windows Explorer feature has now been transformed into a powerful search functionality. You still have all the drives and folders but added to that; you get an advanced search mechanism right within the Explorer set up.

The Vista Home Edition Internet Explorer features the tabbed browsing feature previously found in open source applications like the Firefox. With the tabbed browsing, you can open as many windows as you want in one instance and switch from one to another by a click within the same Window instead of opening another.

Users familiar with Wordpress would remember the widgets which allowed you to change the positions of your objects on the blog home page. Vista takes the widget further by introducing some advanced Ajax programming. You can now have more interactive and live objects like a clock, weather forecast and calendar on your desktop.

Vista has the most security features when it comes to all versions Windows personal computing. It has a firewall, popup stopper and an anti phishing technology.

Vista brings a new experience to personal computer users. Now they would be able to derive more productivity from their systems whilst cutting down on the amount of time used in working out tasks.