im still a big fan of w2k...xp doesnt mean all that much to me..and i dont care about vista...
as far as ‘goodies’ i really dont use much to begin with...i use my pc network at home for music, ebay, email, surfing...etc..
why do i have to have these things? they dont seem to add all that much to what i do...
Its just more windows bashing
could be 18 items you could do without. iso burning few endusers do that. About the only thing in that list that I have used and liked was #2 virtual desktops. But even that I don’t need enough to install a third party app on vista. If I need it I could just hook up another monitor.
Some of these are esoteric, special use to scratch a particular itch of the writer. But a few are just generally helpful to almost anybody.
Expose is useful enough that I sorely miss it whenever I'm using Windows. Expose is useful if you work with even a few documents or programs (Spaces is useful if you work with a LOT more).
Time Machine is useful to anybody. You don't think it adds much until you lose a file or suddenly realize you want that version from three days ago before you made the big changes. And setting it up is literally as easy as plugging in an external hard drive and clicking "Yes, I want to use this for backup." Restoring is as easy as finding any other file on your system. It's the ease of use above all that makes this the best backup system for the average user.
Cover Flow is useful if you've ever wanted to browse through your documents. Thumbnails are just sooo last decade.
One-file apps are useful to pretty much anybody. No installing/uninstalling anything, just drag the app file to your hard drive and use it. Delete it when you don't want it anymore.
The last one useful to everybody is the standardized menu. It's just a superior usability thing.