ForgetFoo has a great list and video of the changes to Vista in the 5219 release, and some of them are worth taking note:

• Sidebar is back
• Outlook express how has an RSS reader integrated
• Outlook express showing more of the visual overhaul
• glass taskbar
• previews of applications on taskbar
• 3D task switcher and 3D Carosel type task switcher
• Picture editor
• Photo album
• Movie Maker 3 with DVD authoring
• .NET 2.0 framework
• System restore wizards
• System backup wizards
• Software version of windows update (now does updates like OSX)
• Pictures have a border around them in thumbnail view
• Popup extended preview on items in explorer (biger thumbs)
• Expanded driver support
• Performance fixes
• Bigger LDDM Driver support
• IE’s CSS support has been expanded since beta 1
• PNG support for Icons (icons are all in PNG format now in a packadge called .ICO)
• Windows Media Player 11 (not included yet, but bits and pieces of it are in this build)

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