Quote Originally Posted by Husar
Well, I tried this and I'm not too impressed, tried to zoom in on Jupiter as well as Earth or whatever planet it was and neither had any great detail. Google Earth has a lot more detail when zooming in and what's the point of zooming in on Jupiter when I cannot even plan where to build my future starbase because there's absolutely no high-quality footage?


Well, good luck setting up your base on a gas planet.

Try a close and water rich neighbour instead:

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I mean I could get a book about planets and some magnification and spot more details.
But now you don't have to get your book.

BTW, I find the resolution of Jupiter to be pretty decent, did you select "Planet" from the the "Look At" drop down menu at lower left? (in fact, the data set used is the most detailed ever obtained )

Quote Originally Posted by KukriKhan
My 82-year old mother-in-law will be confused by the new desktop look when she gets her new machine. I guess I'd better get ready for the long-distance phone calls now.

It took a week of explanations to get her to understand how to copy/paste text.
To me the new "Start" navigation is pretty awkward (well, apart from the new "start" button, which looks good ); but then again, I use my laptop with XP installed just as much as I use the Vista machine, so it's probably just an adation issue.