Somebody 'splain to me what's "innovative" here.
Are you kidding?
Try reading up on the new features and capabilities of Windows Vista and get back to us.
If it's everything it promises to be, this will be a great new operating system.
I just read that Vista will be able to handle the NUMA-style architecture coming out with the quad-core AMD hardware.
They can have the eye candy but this technology will be interesting to follow on the desktop.
From what I've read in the current Newsweak, there is not much new function in the new Office. There's only so much you can do with a word processor and spreadsheet. The new Office has a new user interface totally unlike all of Microsoft's other products. That is, no more "File, Edit, View, Help" menu bar; instead, they have "ribbons".