We've standardized on XP/PRO SP2 for the office. We tried Vista and, although some fanatics show it can be a bit but definitely slower, that's not meaningful.
The computers, themselves, suffer intractable problems with Vista with less than 2G memory, but with that memory or more, it's OK. (Why it becomes unstable under 2Gb is the subject of wild, physical arguments). We haven't had driver problems. We have had significantly more hang-ups with Vista. Not many, but perhaps 50% more. The GUI is, perhaps, more intuitive but it splits functionality that was, in XP, in one place into several far flung places. It may make more sense but drives the old folks (over 20 years old) crazy. The reallocation of facilities that were in XP-HOME and XP-PRO into fragmented pieces within an array of options of Vista upgrades is driving the support guys nuts. Ordinary users who had a handle on XP are now calling support. The removal of OUTLOOK 2007 from Student/Teacher 2007 meant that folks with a teacher wife and student kids can't use it for work. That just makes people mad at Microsoft. Since we stick with Lenovo/IBM for laptops, etc., we can still order XP/PRO (at a small cost). It doesn't appear that "VISTA" was a good business/technical decision on Microsoft's part but I'm sure it will pay off through the sales of new PCs. It's not the end of the world...it just appears dumb...really dumb. It turns out that Macintosh computers with Microsoft Office have been more and more popular and we accept that for our system. They have caused no problems...perhaps because the Mac-fanatics stick together and aggressively help each other the way early PC users used to do. There are only a tiny fraction of PC users that utilize applications that aren't available on Macintosh as the same or better. That argument doesn't fly anymore. . . . J o n a t h a n -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 7:02 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT......Question Hi, Every single test out there shows Vista is SLOWER on an identical machine running XP. Why would I "upgrade" to an OS that is slower? Travis Microserv Mike Hammett wrote: > Agreed. This happens with every OS release... It's OH SO HORRIBLE... > but then in a year or so, everyone forgets their fabricated fears. > I've been using Vista for about 4 months and have 0 issues with Vista > itself. 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