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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
4.0 stars
"Good stuff!"
Pros: virtual folders, security, "breadcrumbs view"
Cons: will take some getting used to interface changes
Summary: finally, a fully up to date Windows OS. breadcrumbs view of folders is something really useful: you can see all the way to the root folder from your current folder, and navigate to any folder or subfolder all the way to the root with only two clicks -- sounds complicated, but a doodle to use.
virtual folders is awesome as well. this might be the first time i actually let Windows do the organising for me. And it's great that one can use the task pane to change criteria on the fly (seeing only files of particular types, or particular date ranges, etc).
As for charges of copying: well, everyone copies the best features of everyone else. Mac OS X has its fair share of ideas from Windows and other programs as well. Task-based Control Panel, for example. And Search has been around on the Microsoft side since MSN Desktop Search.
And surprisingly, it seems to be a very speedy performer as well. From what I can see, it's at least as fast as XP on the same machine. Very optimised.
Of course, this is just Beta 1, so it'd be interesting to see what new things will come up in Beta 2 -- THAT would really be something worth testing out!
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Virtual folders will be confusing to most people. Hopefully, it will be faster and more stable, but we have yet to tell. What I'm saying is - I certainly don't think it deserves an 8 yet. While the animation effects are cool, overall, I think it still looks really bad.
