> I'm starting to agree with Tom. If I have to buy new software every > time MS decides it's time for a change, I might as well tackle the learning > curve from Mac. If most businesses are refusing to use Vista, it's not > a very good recommend for those of us out here who just want a computer > that works.
You don't. Most of the software that I use on Vista, I also use on XP. In fact, I can't think of one off the top of my head that doesn't work on both. But, if you deal with vendors that don't try all that hard, you can't blame the OS for their lack of effort with their product. You also can't blame the OS for software developers who *still* don't code for the Windows NT permission model that came out in 1996 and still insist that their app be run with admin permissions. I have an ID card system running on an old Windows 2000 system. The person using it is complaining about its slowness on a 9 year old computer. Can't say I blame him. I want to upgrade it to XP and a newer PC, but the card printer the system uses doesn't have drivers certified by the vendor to work with XP. They won't test it even though the printer came out at the same time as XP did. Basically, I'm on my own and SOL if it doesn't work. I'm recommending that we scrap the system and go with a better vendor, one that gives a crap about its customers. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
