Originally, Microsoft stated that XP could not be shipped on new PCs after
January 2008. In an acknowledgement of Vista's "difficulties", Microsoft
recently extended this by another 6 months. Most new desktops and laptops
can ordered with XP, though you may have to ask for this option.
DXLab applications only run on Vista because I tracked down an egregious
defect in the Vista runtimes, got some friends in the Visual Studio team to
confirm it, and then added a workaround to all eight applications in the
Suite.
Personally, I would not consider putting serious weight on Vista until we've
had a chance to evaluate SP1.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 5:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Vista Digital System Navigation for Hardware
Setting and Info
I am a bit surprised at the comments about Vista vs. XP. I have two
computers in my shack that are side by side with a KVM switch so I can
access either of them from my main control point. I mostly use XP for
backward compatibility since all amateur radio programs that I use will
run on XP without crashing or having any incompatibilities. I run XP
because almost all new computers here in the U.S. come with Vista. In
fact, I overheard a conversation at a BestBuy store where the customer
(an elderly woman obviously fearful of incompatibility issues) wanted XP
rather than Vista but the clerk said they no longer had any machines
that they could get with XP. He recommended they look at their web site
and consider switching to MAC if she did not want to go with Vista. I
wonder if she realized what that meant in terms of incompatibility:(
Vista is pretty much XP with some window dressing and increased
security, and unfortunately some decreased practical use for the end
user due to the DRM issues. However, that does not affect amateur radio
programs. Thus far I have been repeatedly surprised how well Vista works
after hearing all the horror stories about how bad it would be. It runs
most of the ham software that I use (DX Lab suite of programs, Multipsk,
Ham Radio Deluxe with the Digital Master 780 digital program), and runs
any of my normal programs which are primarily FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open
Source Software) which include the Open Office suite, Thunderbird
e-mail. Firefox browser, MediaMonkey library/catalog/player system that
can handle open standards such as FLAC and of course ogg vorbis, Google
Earth, Adobe Reader, and AVG Anti Virus. Some exceptions might be the
virtual stuff, but after trying some of that with XP, I have decided it
is probably not going to work for me anyway.
73,
Rick, KV9U
WD8ARZ Comcast wrote:
> Navigating can be such a pain when going from xp to vista. Both worlds
> have there plus and minus properties and I am not advocating or
> bashing either. Just happen to use em and other operating systems, and
> I am glad to share that experience.
>
