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  • Useless shit.

  • thx

  • When I first got my Vista, I was all like "Can't wait to get home and flip through my windows" LOL XD

  • @Cesariono

    I was same but it didnt cuz i got home edetion :O

  • duzn't work on vista home premium lul.

  • it always works on every windows vista, except Starter and Home Basic without Aero-Hacks. you must have Aero enabled. Press Win+Tab to do that.

  • i works on home premium i did it before but idk wat happened to it "/

  • No in my option it does not.

    I can not flip it like in 0:00 - 0:16 .

    I can only use that ugly table there at

    17:00 - 20:00

  • I have window vista home premium, how do i do this? plz show me and thank you

  • I accidentialy deleated the "Windows Flip 3d" icon from my quick launch icons. Can anyone tell me how to restore it. I Have tried the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" but cant find it ??

  • yeah, it is called hold down the windows key and press tab.

  • okay dumbass american, I asked to restore the feature to the quick launch menu and you clearly have not answered this question as well as taking 2 months to come u.p with a reply. You really do fit the steriotypes

  • I lol'd

  • I'm American, and that was funny.

  • windows key + tab does flip 3d

  • dude i had the same problem, have u found out a way to get it back? because i'd rather click it then hit the buttons.

  • it's an application search for it in the start menu

  • could someone please help me, this doesnt work for me? when i press windows on it's own it works but when i press windows and tab it just scroll's through the stuff like when u just press tab on its own? it doesnt work for me?

  • MacTipper, there has been since 2003. It's called Exposé, and Microsoft obviously stole the idea for Flip 3D from Exposé as they do a lot of their features for Windows.

  • Do it with Winkey-Tab. (Like Alt-Tab, just with the windows key.)

    Does anybody know of something like this for mac where you can switch between all your windows?

  • Yeah it's called Exposé. Macs have had this feature for years now and its much easier to control then Flip 3D.

  • First of all, expose shows me all my windows at once. This is too slow. I want something where I can see each window as I flip through them. (Kinda like Cmd-Tab for windows.)

    The closest thing we have is "Switch to Next Active Window". I don't know what the default shortcut is, but it's in System Preferences>Keyboard & Mouse>Keyboard Shortcuts.

  • How is flipping through your windows one by one faster than looking at all of the windows at once?

    Imagine if you had 30 windows open. You'd be flipping for a long time to find that one you want.

    Plus with the Active Corners. I never even have to touch the keyboard to find what I'm looking for.

  • Because I can't see what's exactly in my window. So, if I'm looking for a text document among my 10 other text documents, it will take a while.

    Where as, I can hit Cmd-Option-` to switch between them rather quickly.

    Also, I prefer the keyboard over the mouse. Expose is GREAT for mouse users, but it's only okay for keyboard junkies such as myself.

  • LOL I LOVE DOING THAT ON MY VISTA

  • get a mac

  • ill stick with the heterosexual computers

  • This is cool but not usefull at all. Think for a second, if i had maybe 30 windows or 40 i would have to keep fliping through all of them to get to the one i want and I use alot of windows

  • don't forget if you have like 30 windows, u prolly would just flip through them. Personally i use the mouse wheel which is a lot faster and than CLICK on the window i want instead of flipping it to the front which takes longer. With combination of the mouse wheel (or the scroll thingy on a touchpad) and CLICKING the window, I can swictch between programs in less than a second even with 20 windows open.

  • I have windows vista home premium and every time I press the switch between windows a little blue box shows up and every time I press start+tab keys nothing happens!!! I just cant get the 3d flip!!! please drop a line!!

  • This option is not available on Vista Home

  • do you have areo or are you running vista standard? btw it's available on home premium not home basic. i like it if i'm using 4 windows but alt-shift-tab is easier

  • its a stupid idea

    i have it

    and i never use it

    its kind of retarted way of sorting shit

    its just there to look cool

    it doesnt really get anything done

  • unimpressed

  • what a shit... mac os will ALWAYS be better than that shit

  • not impressed

  • wow

  • doesn't matter what platform can do this, still very useless!!

  • Just a copy of Exposé.

  • I tired to do this i have Windows Vista Home Premium Upgarde on my DELL XPS M-140 labtop and it does not work for some reason. Only thing that comes up for me is that little window that you had come up in the end of the vid.

  • Someone wishes he had Expose! XD

  • A bad Exposé rip off. A useless addition to Vista.

  • sooo sensless, I lought out loud as i saw that the first time xDDD

    (and I am still laughing about it xD)

  • thanks

  • I was expecting something good!

    Linux plus Beryl is WAY ahead of this - plus none of the activation crap and media restrictions.

  • where is win + tab keys?

  • TopDesk emulates this perfectly on XP. That is all.

  • Flip3D Sucks, try XGL man.

  • ew yo. looks like a mac.

  • Linux + Beryl = 3D Desktop =)!!

    This is not a 3D experience!!

  • try XGL + compiz for LINUX! this is shit not a 3d mode.

  • Too all you mac fanboys: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" so stfu and leave it at that. I heard Vista is a RAM eater? Anyone care to shed any light on this?

  • To nanofiggis: "He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short."

  • so vista falls short,waay short!

  • truu.

  • look how long it takes windows to catch up to make,,, gadgets instead of widgets eh bill? original

  • Windows Vista is teh shit tbh.. Well it looks good, but you can have all the same if you got a Mac.. I totally agree with most people here, that it's just a poor copy of Mac OSX

  • I don't understand how Microsoft is allowed to continue to flagrantly copy MacOS innovations year after year. I though we had laws against this type of crap.

  • Mac copy windows, windows copy mac.. Who cares when it works well? :3

  • Lol. First the Zune. Now this? Pffft. I'll get vista when I win a free copy.

  • I remember the days when Mac copied other OS's. Now it's Microsoft's turn.

  • Boooooo!

    Windows Vista sucks ass!

  • thats about 5 years old.. Mac OSX was doing that, and more..back in 2001. microsoft can no longer make anything of their own. all they do is make crappy versions of what apple makes. as we saw with the zune.

  • Mac OS X, Microsoft can't think up anything on their own. Shit, even Windows was stolen.

  • why am i thinking of the Reebok "pump" sneakers from late 80's? oh yeah... gimmicks

  • I can't wait to see how many times it crashes on me and how many viruses and corrupt files I get thanks to winblows <3 hooray for horseshit

  • I use a computer with a keyboard ATRRRGHHH!H!HH!!

  • just remember that mac copied someone else before.. <_< Forgot their name but they were working on that WIMP interface stuff before mac

  • Xerox.

  • Microsoft is the last company in the world know for innovation, psycho4purps. Innovative companies don't wait 5 years to compete against the ipod.

  • I am pretty sure he was being sarcastic. If he or she wasn't I apologize.

  • *sigh* Expose (OSX), and Compiz/Beryl take Vista to school... How can they be THAT far behind, and still only come out with such a lame product?

  • why would u need that?

  • they didn't copy mac, they copied Linux, which was also copied by mac

  • it looks cool and all but i thought it was pretty stupid but w/e im getting for free so, sweeet.

  • BILL GATES 3 OWNED

  • ur a bunch of fags i bet all u bicthes bashing on microsoft are using windows xp right now bunch of faggits

  • most of you criticize Vista will mostly end up buying it or use it. So stfu

  • oh look, windows vista, copying off what mac did last year.

  • this is so a year ago

  • Microsoft. I LOVE YOUR INNOVATION.

  • it was cool when apple did this in 2001. Thanks for playing Micro$uck.

  • if u wanna get that with out gettin vista google

    topdesk

  • The only good thing about this video is Colbert...

    So heres your fucking beta test video rating....

    that all youtube does now adays... product adversting.. and Network promos...

  • Apple is a great tech company. They have phenomenal industrial designers.

  • this is windows...

  • I'm just vomiting right now in my asshole.

  • The last thing to impress me as far as user interfaces go was the ps3 photo slideshow feature. For an OS, I don't really care. Just give me a decent way to get to my apps and don't hang up on background tasks. OS debates are silly.

  • Why dont you just call it frkn windows apple or something.. microsoft sux

  • colbert is awesome

  • why do we need this?

  • to show off

  • Just a bunch of Mac fanboys around here. You are all sheep.

  • I dont really care for the new vista flip. It just looks cool at best. I am a huge multitasker and it just doesnt keep up with me. Apple does there's better to be honest.

  • thats useless

  • Buy a mac wait till u see ow gates copy mac again

  • So true, Mac OS X Tiger is still way better than Vista ever will be, Vista just copied it so much. But when Leopard comes out, Vista will be history.

  • Retard, Mac stole from Xerox, and Microsoft stole from Mac. Any REAL computer person knows Microsoft is better in every way, Macs only don't get the viruses because its such a minority who use them.

  • Hahaha.

    ... Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..­.. Oh man that's funny.

  • apple was given full reign to look at what xerox was doing and received the gui from them.bill gates later worked at apple and out and out,stole it from apple,without asking!big differance!!!

  • You know, Pirates of Cilicon Valley isn't accurate.

  • ok-what is your source for what happened .mine are many books i have read about it and that movie.don't you think major lawsuits would have ensued if it was slanderous?

  • correction RETARD Apple didn't steal from Xerox. Unless you consider buying... stealing. which I think are OPPOSITES. Steve Jobs capitalized on a great oppurtunity he saw before him. However... Microsoft did steal from Apple. thats about the only true statement you made. personally im not on either side. i just think ur a dumbass.

  • that was for darkain71

  • aff, se quiser copiar do mac os, copia direito... ficou horiveellll

  • it sucks...who wana turn windows like that?...exlose rules.

    Yesterday an MIT analist say: Hasta la vista..vista...Hello MAC.

  • this is cool....windows ftw

  • Just a gimmick.

  • its a matter of getting used to it

  • Expose is better, at least way more practicle. Flip 3D looks nice but then when it comes down to the important stuff such as ease of use, dragging files easily, quicly going to the desktop, and much more you will see that expose is a much better solution.

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