[madhusudhan]

DIFFRENCE BETWEEN WINDOWS VISTA AND WINDOWS XP
Windows XP and Windows Vista both superficial and substantive. The two versions of Windows look different, work different, and perform quite differently. It’s easy enough to see how they are related, but it’s also easy to see how they differ.

The most visible differences between XP and Vista are in the interface. XP’s Luna interface was state of the art at the time, but that time was more than five years ago. Vista pretties things up and takes advantage of today’s more powerful video cards.

Vista’s Aero interface is smooth and sleek. It also enables some slick three-dimensional program switching, which gives the illusion that you really have separate windows stacked on your virtual desktop. Beneath the surface, Vista makes better use of the technology built into today’s PCs, putting all that extra speed and memory to good work.

A Vista-equipped PC starts up faster, loads programs faster, and crashes less frequently. It’s also more secure, with built-in anti-spyware and anti-phishing utilities working alongside the established Windows Firewall. You also get a lot more and better applications with Vista than you did with XP.

Vista includes updated versions of Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, and Windows Movie Maker, as well as new Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, Windows Photo Gallery, and Windows DVD Maker programs. It’s safe to say that Vista is better for web browsing and for managing all digital media.

But unless your PC has a modern 3D video card, it might not be capable of displaying the new Aero glass interface. If your video card isn’t up to snuff, you’ll be limited to the Aero basic interface which looks better than Windows XP does, but doesn’t offer all the neat translucent 3D effects.

The Aero interface might also be problematic if you have a notebook PC. That’s because most current notebooks lack the high end graphics processing necessary for the Aero display and can’t have their graphics upgraded. So even if you have a full featured version of Vista, you may be limited to the Vista Basic interface on your notebook.