Windows Vista – First Impressions

From one and a half days of Vista use:

The Good:

• UAC actually looks pretty good, unfortunately I suspect many users will disable it;
• More security stuff (such as ASLR) – only time will tell how effective they will be, but it’s no doubt an improvement;
• It feels a lot more responsive;
• The WinKey+Tab is badass (though not as good as OSX’s expose);
• Search for everything (documents, programs, configuration options, …);
• It’s pretty (I really like the new progress bar in explorer).

The Bad:

• Configuring Windows with the new control panel is much harder – options are spread around like crazy;
• Networking for laptops is as bad as in XP (i.e. nowhere near as good as in Ubuntu);
• They couldn’t even ensure out-of-the-box compatibility for Visual Studio 2005 – they’ll address it in VS2k5 SP1.

Some links I cant be bothered to make a specific post for:

Online Security Sessions from TechEd IT Forum Available
Windows Vista Security Guide
Gunnar Peterson’s OS Security Features Chart