sound card is replaced,
colour card is replaced,
larger hard drive,
Epson 2200 unsupported,
Wacom art tablet unsupported,
three other peripherals unsupported,
eight programs won't run including anti-virus and firewall
Photoshop 'will' run.
May be waiting longer, much longer, than originally thought for the Vista shake down cruise. Tell me more about a Mac!
Posted by Basil Greber on February 3, 2007 at 9:32 AM
> Tell me more about a Mac!
Macs are great.
Basil
Posted by Bill Chambers on February 3, 2007 at 10:29 AM
I'm buying a new laptop, and I waited a little too long to order it with XP Pro OS. After hearing all the reservations people have about Vista I'm now looking into ordering a Mac laptop to see if it will be compatible with my business software.
I wish the Intel based Macs were available when I ordered the desktop I'm using now.
Personally I think Vista is getting a huge amount of bad press. I installed it the other day - it took less than 25 mins to install, it is fast, secure, stable and simple. I've not had a single problem with hardware/drivers or software. The only two things I needed the cd to install drivers for were my Nikon Coolscan V and the ES-E1 link for the Eos 1V. My Wacom tablet just works - again no need to even install drivers.
Vista is fundamentally different to XP which is why anti-virus/firewall software don't work. Personally I wouldn’t bother with them anyway, everything I need is built in to Vista.
I have a Mac too and it's great but for the same price you can get a much better PC. They say Macs are more secure - but Macs don’t have millions of people out to hack them and cause chaos. If they did I'm sure OSX would soon run into problems.
Posted by Don Miller on February 3, 2007 at 10:17 PM
Tristan, great images on your website.
Posted by David Prichard on February 7, 2007 at 12:54 AM
Tristan,
I'll agree with Don, and while not having the opportunity to fully explore it, your brother's site is quite intriguing.
After battling with XP, loading drivers from 2000 or NT to get some peripherals to work, it isn't something I care to do again with a new OS. No less an authority than Microsoft tells me I may have to spend a considerable amount of money, far more than the cost of the OS, to meet its requirements. In time components will need replacing and as that happens I'd be happy to consider Vista. From what I've read, there just doesn't seem to be a technical leap in Vista that would justify the immediate purchase of new hardware or software should it be required.
Dave, Sounds wise to me. Vista does need a reasonably powerful PC to run it well and it also need lots of memory - I'd give it at least 2gb of ram. If anyone does install it I'd also recommend installing from scratch (boot from the Vista CD and format the hard drive) rather than upgrading directly from XP. It means you have to install your programs again but it's well worth it.
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Mine is suitable for the business level provided;
sound card is replaced,
colour card is replaced,
larger hard drive,
Epson 2200 unsupported,
Wacom art tablet unsupported,
three other peripherals unsupported,
eight programs won't run including anti-virus and firewall
Photoshop 'will' run.
May be waiting longer, much longer, than originally thought for the Vista shake down cruise. Tell me more about a Mac!
Macs are great.
Basil
I wish the Intel based Macs were available when I ordered the desktop I'm using now.
Vista is fundamentally different to XP which is why anti-virus/firewall software don't work. Personally I wouldn’t bother with them anyway, everything I need is built in to Vista.
I have a Mac too and it's great but for the same price you can get a much better PC. They say Macs are more secure - but Macs don’t have millions of people out to hack them and cause chaos. If they did I'm sure OSX would soon run into problems.
I'll agree with Don, and while not having the opportunity to fully explore it, your brother's site is quite intriguing.
After battling with XP, loading drivers from 2000 or NT to get some peripherals to work, it isn't something I care to do again with a new OS. No less an authority than Microsoft tells me I may have to spend a considerable amount of money, far more than the cost of the OS, to meet its requirements. In time components will need replacing and as that happens I'd be happy to consider Vista. From what I've read, there just doesn't seem to be a technical leap in Vista that would justify the immediate purchase of new hardware or software should it be required.
Dave