So, as Phil Blogs, we did our Vista install and Mountain Bike session on Saturday arvo.

By the time that the foggy rugby finished on Sat ngiht I had my machne pretty well setup with Vista, Office 12, VS.Net 2003 and 2005 and a bunch of other crap.

Setup for Vista took BLOODY AGES, but, was relatively interaction free, i.e. I just set it and went MTBing.

Office and OneNote installs were just as pleasant.

I've started a OneNote Notebook to keep thoughts on my fave and least fave aspects.

A few here to start.

Fave new feature: That little search mox at the bottom of the start bar- no need to navigate my filthy start menu any more. Just press the Windows key and type whatever I want to run. Like WindowsKey-R... but on 'roids!

Least fave new feature: All the bloody security dialogs. I am utterly desensitized to them now. I know where the 'Continue' button is and my braiin just goes on autopilot and clicks it.

Thing I was most surprised that I actually like after bagging it for almost a year: The new Office UI. It is actually REALLY usable. I mean REALLY usable. On on that basis why on earth did they not apply the new UI to the application that would get the most benefit out of it- the tablet PC oriented OneNote! FFS!

...more to follow!