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76 PC MAGAZINE MAY 9, 2006

Vista Secrets

In IE7, hold Control and

spin the mouse wheel to

zoom in or out on an en-

tire Web page, including

graphics.

To show all the shared

ﬁ les and folders on your

computer, open File and

Printer Sharing from the

Control Panel and follow

the links.

You can detach gadgets

from the Sidebar so they

ﬂ oat on your desktop.

SIDESHOW Splice

some ﬂ ip-phone genes

onto your laptop and

you have SideShow.

PortalPlayer is working

with notebook vendors

on prototypes that sup-

port this very cool, in-

tegrated display, which

works even when the

laptop is off.

SideShow window (detail)

VISTA PREVIEW

SideShow may not be here today, but Vista’s new

power management features are something you can

beneﬁ t from right now. Notebooks running the new

OS at last approach the near-instant on-off switching

that we’ve come to expect from consumer electron-

ics devices. Vista’s new Sleep mode replaces distinct

Standby and Hibernate modes. Press the power-

button icon on the Start menu and your machine

will fall into a slumber almost instantaneously. Vista

writes the contents of memory to disk so they won’t

be lost if the battery runs out of juice; but it also keeps

that information in memory, so a typical restart is

very quick, since Vista doesn’t need to read from the

disk. Although the sleep/resume sequence has been

crash-prone in the releases we’ve tested so far, I like

the direction Microsoft is taking here. The Control

Panel also includes a new Power Options applet with

easy-to-understand “power plans”—proﬁ les that let

you select device timeouts and choose to favor faster

performance or longer battery life.

Be sure to check out the convenient mobility cen-

ter, which uniﬁ es all your laptop-centric features in

one place. Try plugging in an external display; Vista

automatically detects it and helps you configure it.

Vista also includes improved options for conﬁ guring

wireless networking.

Another feature is an interesting performance-en-

hancement technique called SuperFetch. If you carry

around a USB key for storing data, you can instruct Vista

to use the storage on that key as a quicker alternative to

EYOND THE NEW AD HOC NETWORK-

ING and collaboration capabilities,

frequent travelers—or really, any of us

who carry notebook computers—have

some particularly compelling reasons

to want Windows Vista now.

To begin with, I really like the way Vista collects

key mobility-related features into a convenient Mobil-

ity Center. The new OS also improves power manage-

ment, includes better wireless-networking features,

and promises to enhance performance and security.

Vista’s slick Aero Glass interface will even run on suf-

ficiently high-powered notebooks—but temper your

enthusiasm; using it on notebooks has presented nu-

merous compatibility and stability problems. Lately I’ve

been traveling with a Vista notebook in my bag—but it’s

nestled in there alongside another notebook that runs

Windows XP and serves as an essential backup.

Vista’s sexiest mobility feature is what Micro-

soft calls SideShow. Think of the external display

on a clamshell cell phone. A SideShow display can

perform a similar purpose, displaying for example,

a calendar, contact information, stock quotes, or e-

mail subject lines. The coolest part: The SideShow

display will work even when the computer itself is

powered down. That means no more waiting for your

machine to boot up just so you can get directions to

your next appointment. Now all that remains is for

hardware manufacturers to start designing devices

with SideShow-capable secondary displays.

Because You’re Mobile

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