Lora Heiny has started up a list of Mobiltiy Features that
are in Vista. Lora’s
post lists:
- Handwriting
recognition
- Handwriting
personalization training
- Windows
SideShow
- Meeting
Space
- Common
location for battery settings
I can add a few to that:
·
ReadyBoost – Let’s face it mobile
PCs tend to pack a bit less grunt than their deskbound brothers. Not only
does ReadyBoost improve the performance by servicing most of the random reads
off the flash card – anything that reduces the number of disk accesses
can only do good things for battery life.
·
BitLocker – I’ve never done it but
it seems an alarming number of laptops are left in taxis. Whole volume
encryption provided by BitLocker will protect your locally stored data when it
is in transit. Which is great because...
·
Offline files! They finally work in
Vista. Some of the improvements include:
o
All file types are synchronised (unlike XP which
would skip certain file types)
o
It is lots less intrusive
o
Reads are serviced from the local copy when
connected – unlike XP which would read and write the remote copy when
connected with a huge performance hit.
o
Encrypted by default – so even if you are
not using BitLocker there is some protection.
o
Only changes are in a file are synced from the
client to the server, greatly reducing the amount of replication traffic.
(note – changes server side are copied in full)
·
Streamlined Networking, dial-up and VPN
configuration.
·
Network profiles – different services are
available under the Domain-based, work, home and public network profiles.
·
Remaining charge indication is much more
accurate than XP was.
·
Mobility
Center
·
Presentation
Mode
·
Improved
Touch Experience (for those touch screen devices)
·
Pen Flicks
·
Eraser works in the Tablet Input Panel
*Phew* and that’s just off the top of my head!
Its great.