I should say that we're not upgrading existing machines here. The benefits of Vista, for us, don't justify the time and money that would require. But all of the new machines we're ordering are coming with Vista.
We don't see the sense in buying brand new computers with an OS that's on its way out the door. The exit may be slow, but it's definitely taking place. Vista has had its struggles, but we've concluded that the reality is that it's not going away. But I don't begrudge those who choose to skip it. We skipped Windows 2000 here, going from Win9x directly to WinXP. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed Why we are _slowly_ moving to vista: 1. Easier to make generic images for multiple machine types - If I image a machine with Vista, it's more likely to work out of the box... or even boot. XP and previous had HAL issues. 2. Offline Files - The offline file feature of Windows is finially stable enough with Vista to be useful for our laptop users. All new laptops will be Vista laptops. 3. Business Departments are requiring it - Even though It's not that different from XP, the labs which teach Business in our schools want to be using the "Latest and Greatest", including Vista and Office 2007. Why we are avoiding going to vista: 1. No other real benefits - Besides the above, there are not that many real reasons to make the jump. 2. Slower performance - On the same hardware, Vista will run slowly, or not run at all. Older, but not that old hardware is unsupported. 3. Cost - Since we're already running XP, an upgrade to Vista would be a huge cost for us. We will purchase a Vista Business license with each new computer we bring in. Those are our reasons to go with/without vista. --Matt Ross ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
