On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, Ian wrote:
> Sorry but if you don't use it how can you pronounce on it use?
My two laptops are a MacBook and the other will only run XP. However I
have extensive experience in setting it up for my users and maintaining
it. I just don't use it much personally.
> You must know that before release people were warned that some older
> hardware would not work on Vista. Some producers caught up and drivers can
> be found. This is not different from XP when It first appoeared.
I never had a problem getting old hardware to work in XP. Perhaps things
will improve with Vista in time but in my experience some hardware *that
isn't that old* just haven't worked the way they should. I would rather
something did not work at all in it, to be honest. But in some cases with
printers and scanners, some functions work fine whereas others do not. And
I have spent many hours with a user battling with these issues.
> I also use Unbuntu, the Linux version. This has drivers but we still need to
> go get Linux drivers for some hardware,
I'm not sure I see the point you are trying to make. Windows often
requires you to go and get the appropriate driver from the internet or CD,
too.....
> Most software works fine on Vista.
Yes it does. But it took a little while for the vendors to catch up. We
couldn't use our Antivirus product for a few months.
> Most people who want XP back are those who in the past would want XP
> remopved in favor of their beloved win 98.
A little bit of a sweeping generalisation there...see my previous email.
Again, I have nothing against Vista - I am just giving you the benefit of
my experience in setting it up etc. In fact I am encouraging my users to
stick with it as much as they possibly can as support for XP is soon to
end.
Mark
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