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...long wait for Microsoft's next operating system, Windows Vista, is almost over. Dramatically redesigned, the new OS features tighter security, slicker visuals and friendlier--one might be tempted to say Mac-like--applications for managing photos, movies and music. Microsoft gave TIME a chance to play with Vista before its January launch. Here's what's new and why upgrading from XP is smart...
...your home network, including maybe your neighbor's laptop that has been piggybacking on your wi-fi router. Backing up files to a DVD or an external hard drive is easier. PC-industry analyst Rob Enderle says a "big chunk of viruses" won't work on the new OS. Unlike Windows XP, Vista almost always asks the user for permission to install new software, so it catches many more sinister programs before they strike. Says Enderle: "Vista is much more like the Mac OS, Linux and Unix in the way that it behaves and the way that it is secured...
Depending on the version, upgrading to Vista will cost from $100 to $260. Most year-old computers will run some form of the OS, although the cool graphics effects generally require separate graphics cards. New computers that are "Windows Vista capable" may not offer the full menu. Check windowsvista.com/getready for complete hardware requirements...
...Chicago had seen since the ’68 riots.The four biggest highlights were easy to pick out, and anyone with a brain stem should try and catch each when they next come through the Boston area code.Number one, by far, were recently-reunited-after-forty-years Brazilian legends Os Mutantes.They got top billing on the second day of the two-day-fest, which was exactly where they belonged. More than a few spectators probably had no idea who they were listening to. Of course, that didn’t prevent hipsters with no knowledge of the band from talking...