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DelJo63
Some people need to replace an existing system (reason obviously vary), but
they may not be aware that anything on the shelf today will come with VISTA
preinstalled -- and that may lead to "the cure is worse than the disease".
In addition, wiping the HD and installing XP/* on it may have issues with the
hardware or at the very least, not be able to provide a valid license key to
keep it running beyond 30 days.
WHY?
Recommendation:
Walk slowly into that good night! Do your homework on hardware and software
compatibilty, keep your existing systems operational as a fallback, and ...
Pray that the known issues get resolved rapidly!
btw: Commercial users are not expected to migrate any too soon -- so CAVEAT EMPTOR!
they may not be aware that anything on the shelf today will come with VISTA
preinstalled -- and that may lead to "the cure is worse than the disease".
In addition, wiping the HD and installing XP/* on it may have issues with the
hardware or at the very least, not be able to provide a valid license key to
keep it running beyond 30 days.
WHY?
- MS Compatibility Documentation
- New Firewall Description
- iTunes 7.1.1 addresses a number of known compatibility issues with Windows Vista.
- Quickbooks is incompatible with Vista and todate, has no resolution.
- Mozilla issues documented
- Vista does not play well with gamers
- MS article on the UAC implementation and the difficults it presents for Install, runtime features.
- The feature User Account Protection (UAP) prevents even administrative users from performing potentially dangerous tasks without first providing security credentials, thus ensuring that the user understands what they're doing before making a critical mistake. It sounds like a good system. But this is Microsoft, we're talking about here. They completely botched UAP.
Recommendation:
Walk slowly into that good night! Do your homework on hardware and software
compatibilty, keep your existing systems operational as a fallback, and ...
Pray that the known issues get resolved rapidly!
btw: Commercial users are not expected to migrate any too soon -- so CAVEAT EMPTOR!