Three quick Vista related links I picked up this week and enjoyed that I though you might appreciate:

• Vista Grades You With The Windows Experience Index - this talks about the Windows Experience Index, a rating system built into Vista that classifies how good your machine will be at running Vista and making it look nice. I think this great as a grading tool, but I'm not sure how wise it is to suggest to people how badly their machine might work.
• Why you shouldn't buy Vista is a great guide to reasons why Vista may not be worth all the hype and effort, especially if you don't have the hardware to push that Windows Experience Index up high.

Three quick Vista related links I picked up this week and enjoyed that I though you might appreciate:

• Vista Grades You With The Windows Experience Index - this talks about the Windows Experience Index, a rating system built into Vista that classifies how good your machine will be at running Vista and making it look nice. I think this great as a grading tool, but I'm not sure how wise it is to suggest to people how badly their machine might work.
• Why you shouldn't buy Vista is a great guide to reasons why Vista may not be worth all the hype and effort, especially if you don't have the hardware to push that Windows Experience Index up high.

One of the things that excites me is those people and designers who think differently about devices and technology and introduce alternative designs that break out of the typical mold. The Swatch Concept: Air Tube Design Has Us Pumped is a good example. It's a watch, and you still put it round your wrist, but it doesn't look like a watch, and doesn't have the typical watch shape either. Another good example is the new EFIKA mainboard.

One of the thingsa that excites me is those people and designers who think differently about devices and technology and introduce alternative designs that break out of the typical mold.

The Swatch Concept: Air Tube Design Has Us Pumped is a good example. It's a watch, and you still put it round your wrist, but it doesn't look like a watch, and doesn't have the typical watch shape either.

Another good example is the new EFIKA mainboard. The fundamentals are a low power, powerful, and easy to deploy motherboard (along the lines of the VIA technology motherboards) that is small enough for it to be inserted into a variety of cases. In fact, it's so small that you can fit the entire machine into the typical 5.25" external drive case used for USB/Firewire CD/DVD drives. That opens up a number of possibilities, not least of which is the ability to build stackable units, as shown in the picture on this blog post.