http://distrowatch.com/4507ChangelogThe most notable change is that it no longer requires 5 CDs. You only need at the most 2 CDs.
One is the base CD - the installation CD
The other is an addon CD for close-sourced softwares.
Download link -
http://software.opensuse.org/KDE or Gnome up to you to choose. KDE looks like Vista if you like Vista GUI very much.