Not much has changed on the windows vista desktop, But there are promised changes that should ship not long after vista, But are they very useful ?
Animated desktop, (didn't that ship with Windows 98 ?), and can you live with something moving in the background ?
We don't know how it works yet, But as soon as we do, we will let you know first hand
Other new things on your desktop are the SideBar (Oh we are reviewing the sidebar on its own (compare sidebar to google desktop)
NOTE: You can save up to $160 dollars if you do not want tech. support from Microsoft (You will get windows updates), To see how, Visit the checklist page.
Windows Vista OEM is meant to be cheaper since there is no tech support, But also installs on 1 computer only and can not be transferred to another computer