I'm not upgrading yet. If it aint broken, don't fix it is my policy. My input arose purely after some people complained that the biggest medical software company is not able to be loaded on Vista (yet). I mentioned then that some can. My current PC's were only upgraded to XP-pro a few years ago because PS3 couldn't run on Win98. And I upgraded to PS3 to make use of HICOL etc. Thus then the software companies dictated that we had to upgrade to a newer OS or we can't use it.
Although everyone is making out Vista is such a bad upgrade, I can say from some of what I've seen, it's ability to find a network printer, install it and it works, is fantastic. With Win 95, 98 & XP one has to load special Network print drivers(especially with older models - I believe some manufacturesrs now make this easier too), then load the printer drivers then configure and it works. With Vista home premium, click a button, it finds the network printer, installed it and test copy printed perfectly. What use to take quite a while (and most people had to get IT people to install) is now so easy to install - just a mouseclick and seconds later - yes seconds later - hey Presto it works. I have a network printer at work. Whenever I add in a new PC, or replaced one, it takes me some time to install all this on the PC. Cedric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Twyford Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 2:41 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] RE:Vista Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: > Greg > > Frank and staff have been very pro-active. They did initial testing > at least a year ago for basic testing and more so recently on RTM > versions on Vista Business & Ultimate. As per my previous post where > I did not mention names, BP SQL express version runs pefectly on these > Vista platforms. To change BP from from XP-pro to Vista is very > simple as well. Topic has been discussed in their forums. Cedric, That's good. As for why you'd want to upgrade to Vista, my only question is why. Greg -- Greg Twyford Information Management & Technology Program Officer Canterbury Division of General Practice E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph.: 02 9787 9033 Fax: 02 9787 9200 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL *********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail and their attached files, including replies and forwarded copies, are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged or prohibited from disclosure and unauthorised use. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon this message or its attachments is prohibited. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
