Well it has been almost 2 months since my switch from OSX to Vista for my day job.  Overall, I’m liking Vista more than I thought - although I still get confused between the ctrl and command keys.  One little built in gem that I came across last week was a built in screenshot capture tool called Snipping Tool.  Essentially it is a little application that lets you drag your mouse across your screen to determine what area to take a screenshot of.  To get to the application you can click on the Start menu, choose All Programs, then choose Accessories, and finally click on Snipping Tools.

An alternate way is to use the Windows key on your keyboard (yes their is actually a use for it in Vista).  Pressing the Windows key now opens the start menu and place the cursor focus into a search field that work amazingly fast.  So to open this app, press the Windows key and start typing “snipp”.  The snipping application will be filtered in the list.  Press return to launch it.  Using the Windows key and the search filter, you can also search for files, emails, etc.

This link is a bit old now, but it appears that PC users can Expect Vista to cost significantly less than XP. I wonder if this has anything to do with Apple’s OSX making the move to the Intel plaform and the consitantly low price of the Apple operating system? Let’s hope that Apple can provide some real competition in the OS marketplace - much like what we’re seeing now with Microsoft and IE7, RSS, Office formats, etc. Bring on the competition and the ensuing innovation!