Finally downloaded the new Windows Live Messenger 8.5. Seen it on my sister’s notebook since she got her new Packard Bell notebook but didn’t get the urge to upgrade as I thought it was a special edition for Windows Vista. Lol! Little did I know that it is available for all. 
Also, I didn’t feel the need to upgrade since I didn’t hear any great new features about it. Yet, I feel glad that I listened to my dearest Ms Siti Sahidah and upgraded it. 
Firstly, it looks better than before! It has that Vista feel and I love it! As I am still using XP on my Fujitsu notebook, any thing that has a better sense of colour is greatly appreciated. Yeah yeah I’ve heard it a thousand times. It is a copy of Mac OS. So what? What matters to me is it looks good. Of course I really hope Microsoft can copy the efficiency of Mac OS too. =x Either that or Microsoft should deploy a group of elite virus writers to attack Mac OS’s loopholes and find all its vulnerabilities. Then we can see who is more efficient at safe guarding the OS after many security patches. We then can compare you loads faster into its Graphical User Interface. :D…
Well at least the new Live Messenger loads faster than the 8.1 version. Not sure what Microsoft did that made it load faster on my notebook.
Well besides that, there is also Live Mail. Yeah another mail client. Just like Outlook Express but with Live Messenger features. I’ve not really tested all its features and since I am using Outlook Express to Sync to my phone, I don’t want to screw things up.
Next thing that comes with it is Live Gallery. It definitely is better than Windows Explorer with thumbnail views enabled. I like the fact that I can add a root folder and all the pictures in it and its subfolders will be there. But then you wont really need the gallery if you don’t have that many pictures in your computer.
Lastly, Windows Live Writer. I shall not rate this since I can’t use it with Antblogz.com. Anyway, its a nice idea to be able to blog without accessing the site. Hope it works with Antblogz.com someday. ;D
So go and download it.
Have a good “Live” on Windows. For your reference. This is the link http://get.live.com/messenger/overview.
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