An In-Depth Look at Vista, Part 1
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Other Features
Aside from the various features just described, here are some other areas worth noting.
Windows Media Player 10
Windows Vista Beta 1 ships with Windows Media Player 10 (see Figure 16).
Figure 16. Windows Media Player 10
Network Presentation
A new application known as Network Presentation is embedded within the Start menu (see Figure 17). Using Network Presentation, you can broadcast a presentation using a wireless network to a remote projector. As I do not have a projector on hand, I wasn't able to test this feature out. But this should be a cool application.
Figure 17. Network Presentation
Windows Explorer
If all of these virtual folders make you dizzy, the venerable Windows Explorer is still available (see Figure 18).
Figure 18. Windows Explorer
SafeDocs
Windows Backup is now known as SafeDocs (see Figure 19).
Figure 19. SafeDocs
Summary
Surprisingly, this build of Windows Vista is pretty stable, and the performance is quite good. While it is definitely not feature-complete, it is a good indication of what is to come in the next beta. I will talk more about the features of Windows Vista Beta 1 and IE 7 in my upcoming articles on WindowsDevCenter.com. Stay tuned!
Wei-Meng Lee (Microsoft MVP) http://weimenglee.blogspot.com is a technologist and founder of Developer Learning Solutions http://www.developerlearningsolutions.com, a technology company specializing in hands-on training on the latest Microsoft technologies.
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is the "fluffy" release, more guts
to come in next beta.