Chris Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 In Part 1 of my Windows Vista December 2005 CTP (build 5270) review, I focused on the setup experience, new desktop features, and changes to the user interface. In this second part of the review, I'll look at the bundled applications that Microsoft is including in this pre-release version of the next Windows client. Microsoft found itself in antitrust-related trouble thanks to its policy of bundling applications with its dominant Windows OS. However, to be fair, competitors such as Apple, with Mac OS X, and the Linux community have been bundling similar suites of applications in their own operating systems for years. Arguably, Microsoft has a right to make Windows Vista as competitive as possible.The bundled applications we see in Windows Vista build 5270 are largely evolutions of the applications found today in Windows XP. We might logically break them up into new applications--those that are unique to Windows Vista--and existing applications that are being upgraded for the new system.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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