Filed under: Windows, Microsoft
Windows XP and Vista side-by-side
by Jordan Running Jan 11th 2006
So we've seen a thousand screenshots and feature summaries of Windows Vista, and Microsoft is calling it
"largest upgrade since Windows 95," but how does it really compare to XP? BentUser has a cool article that compares Windows XP with Vista Build 5270 side by side, in
particular the Start menu, the task switcher, My Computer, the Control Panel, and the bundled apps. Whether or not
Vista will be a success is anybody's guess (though if they can make it fast and stable—a big if—I suspect
it will), but regardless Redmond seem to be up to some interesting stuff.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
