I will be skipping Vista as well at work. At home on the other hand I have a mix of Vista, XP Pro, Ubuntu,XP Media center, and Windows 7 RC1. I hate to say it but I really like Vista better than XP. Vista for me is at least as stable as XP and I like some of the added features.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Gavin Wilby <[email protected]> wrote: > Ill be honest, most of our guys will be staying with XP. It works, we know > it works, its supported and the end user knows how to use it. > > W7 will go to standalone laptops in the main, and Vista was a mistake for > everyone concerned,.. Windows ME anyone? > > Gavin Wilby. > MCSE. MCTS. MCITP. ACSP. > MSN: [email protected] > Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby > Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk > > > > Steven M. Caesare wrote: > > I’m with ya. Some things in 2k8 make me very happy: Drilling down in to > what process owns what I/O load, error logging/filtering, TS gateway, IIS > admin, etc… > > > > Other things make me want to pull my hair out… the network control > panel/configuration stuff comes to mind. As does firewall configuration, > etc… > > > > Win2k as compared to NT4 managed to improve just about everything and > seemed to do little wrong. Win2K8 seems to have changed a lot of things for > just for the sake of being able to call it “new”. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:28 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Windows 7 edition comparison > > > > I also am skipping Vista...does anyone else have the same feeling as me > with changing to Windows 7/2008 Server, that MS let XP/2003 bed in for so > long that we all hate the changes? I don't remember NT4 --> 2000 being as > annoying as the changes that I am experiencing now with shifting to Windows > 2008. I despise the default desktop, the fat icons, the hunting through > roles and features to add stuff in....although, to be fair, they have > significantly reduced the attack surface of a basic Windows server by doing > the last of these. Am I just getting old, cranky and stuck in my ways, or > does anyone else feel the pain? > > 2009/7/24 Bill Lambert <[email protected]> > > I have Windows 7 on my dream list for next year's budget so we'll be > skipping Vista. All XP clients here...no Vista. > > Bill Lambert > Concuity > 847-941-9206 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:06 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 7 edition comparison > > We will start the move to Windows 7 sometime in 2010, otherwise all XP here > with one Vista machine. > > _____________________________ > Cameron Cooper > IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified > Aurico Reports, Inc > Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Guyer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 7 edition comparison > > We are still an XP client shop, with about 1% of the systems running > Vista. I envision us going right to Win 7. > > Don Guyer > Systems Engineer - Information Services > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > Devon, PA 19333 > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 7 edition comparison > > Currently support XP on systems we roll out. Allow Vista for systems > researchers buy on their own. Movie to win7 for our rollouts after > evaluating the release version. > > We are skipping Vista as a standard desktop. > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 10:45 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Windows 7 edition comparison > > > > With the impending move of the Windows world to version 7, I thought > it > > would be prudent for the list to discuss this. In addition, most of us > > would use a Windows desktop, in one form or other, on a personal > system > > to access and/or administer corporate servers/networks. > > > > Off the top of my head, questions would be (but not limited to): > > > > . Staying with XP? > > Why / until when > > > > . Staying with Vista? ;-) > > Ummmm... > > > > . Recommendations to management/clients regarding upgrading? > > > > . 32 or 64 bit? > > > > . Which edition of se7en (as my 13 year old calls it) > > Microsoft is not very helpful here: > > > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare- > > editions?T1=tab01 > > > > This is better: > > > > http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/14422-compare-windows-7- > > editions.html > > > > -- > > Peter van Houten > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
