Vista. . . Cool Stuff
Vista is full of cool stuff. Little things to make your PC life more fun and productive. Ok, so here’s a few of the cool changes in Vista over XP. Vista added sounds and animations to the Solitaire and Minesweeper games. I usually turn the sounds off, but the animations are kind of cute. They probably redesigned some of the other games, but these are the ones that I play on a regular basis. Another thing is a native chess game. Titans Chess 3D is a great chess game that can be challenging, but fun with great 3-dimensional graphics.
Windows Sidebar and Gadgets. This is a sidebar on your screen that can be filled with gadgets like the old 15-puzzle with the pieces that slide, to a notepad, and current weather. These are customizable with a ton more to download at www.microsoftgadgets.com. And now standard with Windows and Windows Update, you get the new Internet Explorer 7 with the new phishing filter. More to come with Vista.
February 11th, 2007 at 5:10 am
Aaron, how does the gameplay of the Titans Chess 3D version compare with the version included in Mac OS X for the past few years?
February 11th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Well, It’s 3Dness is very cool. It can actually be beaten without being a Chess GrandMaster, and it keeps statistics on the games won at each level of play of which there are 10.
February 11th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
So … who beat it first, you … or Adam?
February 11th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
I did. My brother, Adam hasn’t really played it too much.