Mary Jo Foley has stumbled upon a somewhat hidden campaign which Microsoft cooked up to sell Vista - and has had on its site since January: "100 Reasons You'll Be Speechless".
Basically it's about all the wonderful things lurking inside Vista. Start with the highlights ("it makes using your PC a breeze", "Unchain your mobile PC" - so subtract 1 for desktops? - "Because your PC remembers to back up for you", "Because it's like a digital candy store"), and then move on to the full list, in pages of 10. (10 pages, natch.) As with Apple, you may find that there's a lot of fun to be had working out what things are really "new" and which are double-counting. It's rather like politicians at budget time...
Oh, and note that
Some product features are only available in certain editions of Windows Vista and may require advanced or additional hardware.
Ed Bott, who has a lot of good things to say about Vista, calls the campaign "truly lame" and adds: "Whoever approved it should be sentenced to six months of focus groups."
Come on, knock yourselves out - which of the 100 do you get with Windows Home Basic, which only exist on Vista Ultimate, and overall does Vista leave you speechless with delight, rage or indifference?
