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I really do miss it, because it felt like a huge productivity jump and a logical organized UI and file system.

When Windows Vista got released I switched over to Mac.

When Windows Vista got released, I bought a retail copy (from a real store!) to install on my daily-use XP laptop. I'd heard that it was a very different way of doing things, and because I was doing some freelance computer support around that time I felt I should spend some quality time using and understanding it.

It seemed better than Windows XP in just about every way. Other than an absolute fight getting a driver installed for a Prolific USB to serial adapter (PL2303, maybe?) that had previously been working well, I didn't really experience any issues.

Working as an admin, multiple times I thought - hey, the hated Vista actually introduced this under the hood - something normal people don't see.

Some task scheduling and event subscription features I think were from there that I liked. Firewall, BitLocker, WinRE

I asked GPT to list features introduced within vista... boy are there TON of stuff that got changed under the hood.

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