So I’m about to install Windows Vista for the first time in the long history of betas. I’ve been following the release cycle closely, but I honestly haven’t cared enough until now to give it a try. I’ve been living in OS X Heaven for the past few months. I do all of my work there and have become very productive. The main point of me even trying Vista is to see if Microsoft has fixed any of the problems that I’ve been complaining about for some years now. I’ll be updating this post with screen shots and my thoughts and musings on the process.

UPDATE: 1 Hour Later

After A LOT of unrar-ing trouble I’ve got a usable Vista RTM iso. I’ve got it copied safe and sound on my old xp machine. I’ve created a virtual machine inside Parallels Desktop on my iMac. I’ve booted up and begun the install (So far so good).

Update: 2 Hours Later

UP AND RUNNING! I’m updating this post from within Windows Vista. Now I must saym there’s been quite a few changes. And although my emulated environment doesn’t support all the “Aero” bells and whistles as it probably should, I’m actually a bit impressed with the new organization. At least they’re trying something different. Will post more as I discover it.