To Vista or not
That is the question. I purchased a machine to be used for testing my product a while ago from Dell with the promised upgrade to Vista to come in the post.This has meant that I haven't invested much time on the machine yet, as I don't want to be spending time reinstalling software etc.
But now the upgrade CD has come through in the post and its decision time.
On the downside SP1 for Vista isn't expected till OCt-Dec ( a guess from the IT press ) and some things like OPC servers and DCOM have problems with Vista, or so I'm told.
On the upside I can start building up the test machine as I ultimately want to have it. In the end I have to have a Vista machine to test on anyway.
I use XP on my laptop and have Win 96 and yes even Win 95 on old machines around the house. So I'm going to take the plunge - I'll let you know what my initial reactions are.
Update: In the end I had a difficult time with old software and have gone for a compromise of Vista on the laptop, but with a Virtual PC 2007 running XP to handle my old software. Of course that means needing an extra XP license, but I'm keen to use Vista as in the end it will have to be the way forward.
Labels: upgrade, Windows Vista, Windows XP
posted by Aston Read Limited @ 9:43 am
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