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Product Summary

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Improved performance

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Pinned icons

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Live thumbnails

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Jump lists and window snaps make Aero useful as well as attractive

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New ways of organising files with libraries

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Improved backup

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Less annoying notifications

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XP Mode isn't an integrated option yet

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Microsoft backed down on libraries and Ctrl-E brings up My Computer instead

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You can't add NAS drives to libraries

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Ultimate edition is almost unnecessary except for adding BitLocker – which should be in the Professional Edition – and rather expensive (as are the Anytime Upgrades)

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Yes, it's what Vista should have been (but it's more than that)

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