Comments on: No rush to Vista http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/ The small business blog of SmallBizPod - inspiration and practical advice for entrepreneurs Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:03:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Phil Connolly http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-53919 Phil Connolly Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:09:07 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-53919 They sort of shot themselves in the foot by saying that Vienna would be out in a few years shortly after Vista was released. Makes you think it will be like Win ME. Operating systems aren't exactly that exciting for people to buy anyway and not many people are going to be bothered spending nearly £200 on something if they already have one that works. I was going to upgrade my old desktop that had Win 98 on but in the end decided to try Ubuntu instead as it was free. I'm glad I did. I can now get free open source programs that are the equal of Windows ones. I did end up buying a new laptop for work that had Vista on and not really seen much that's that impressive. It looks nicer than my laptop with XP on but that's mainly due to the screen being CrystalBrite. Main thing they seemed to have done is change the names of things so you haven't got a clue how to do stuff you could do easily in XP. They sort of shot themselves in the foot by saying that Vienna would be out in a few years shortly after Vista was released. Makes you think it will be like Win ME. Operating systems aren’t exactly that exciting for people to buy anyway and not many people are going to be bothered spending nearly £200 on something if they already have one that works. I was going to upgrade my old desktop that had Win 98 on but in the end decided to try Ubuntu instead as it was free. I’m glad I did. I can now get free open source programs that are the equal of Windows ones. I did end up buying a new laptop for work that had Vista on and not really seen much that’s that impressive. It looks nicer than my laptop with XP on but that’s mainly due to the screen being CrystalBrite. Main thing they seemed to have done is change the names of things so you haven’t got a clue how to do stuff you could do easily in XP.

]]> By: Alan Bold http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-53898 Alan Bold Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:36:44 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-53898 I dont agree with the point above re Macs as Apple have always been very quick at introducing new products that make older hardware obsolete, in fact Microsoft has always made operating systems backward compatible until Vista. The one good new feature of Vista is that it is much more secure and actually the problems with moving to Vista are to do with other software/hardware makers software drivers not being up to scratch so best check that software & hardware you are going to use on your new Vista pc have Vista drivers and no problems. My advice is if your buying a new pc then get it with Vista, dont upgrade an older XP pc to Vista but the Mac fan above is right, get a mac and run both mac OS X and XP on it if you really need PC software for your business. I dont agree with the point above re Macs as Apple have always been very quick at introducing new products that make older hardware obsolete, in fact Microsoft has always made operating systems backward compatible until Vista. The one good new feature of Vista is that it is much more secure and actually the problems with moving to Vista are to do with other software/hardware makers software drivers not being up to scratch so best check that software & hardware you are going to use on your new Vista pc have Vista drivers and no problems. My advice is if your buying a new pc then get it with Vista, dont upgrade an older XP pc to Vista but the Mac fan above is right, get a mac and run both mac OS X and XP on it if you really need PC software for your business.

]]> By: Craig http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-53114 Craig Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:34:42 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-53114 But it looks so pretty... Seriously, I wish I had a business model where I could force people to upgrade to my new version and let them test it for me. Then, just when it's running nicely and everything seems to work, I bring out the next version for testing. I agree with the car analogy...more technology isn't always the answer. But it looks so pretty…

Seriously, I wish I had a business model where I could force people to upgrade to my new version and let them test it for me. Then, just when it’s running nicely and everything seems to work, I bring out the next version for testing.

I agree with the car analogy…more technology isn’t always the answer.

]]> By: Simon Wyndham http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-52941 Simon Wyndham Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:15:07 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-52941 One reason I am moving onto a Mac. Not only is the hardware faster and more stable. When new Operating systems come out for it, the hardware is not rendered obsolete as quickly as it is with a PC. Also I can enable the Mac to dual boot, so I can run XP on it as well if I am desperate for a bit of pain ;-) One reason I am moving onto a Mac. Not only is the hardware faster and more stable. When new Operating systems come out for it, the hardware is not rendered obsolete as quickly as it is with a PC.

Also I can enable the Mac to dual boot, so I can run XP on it as well if I am desperate for a bit of pain ;-)

]]> By: Another new UK gov blog: deleted within a day? « I’m Simon Dickson. http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-52893 Another new UK gov blog: deleted within a day? « I’m Simon Dickson. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:47:04 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-52893 [...] Then I thought it might be a Microsoft promotional campaign, accepting that many people are still choosing XP over Vista on new [...] [...] Then I thought it might be a Microsoft promotional campaign, accepting that many people are still choosing XP over Vista on new [...]

]]> By: Mara Alexander http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-52774 Mara Alexander Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:50:23 +0000 http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/blog/2007/10/01/no-rush-to-vista/#comment-52774 <i>Many machines with Vista pre-installed can be downgraded back to Windows XP.</i> Other than paying for a retail version of XP (which not so surprisingly, retails for more than Vista..what does that say), is there another way? I just bought a new PC a week ago, and while I love the machine itself, Vista is like a cross between ME and a Jewish mother-in-law. Many machines with Vista pre-installed can be downgraded back to Windows XP.

Other than paying for a retail version of XP (which not so surprisingly, retails for more than Vista..what does that say), is there another way?

I just bought a new PC a week ago, and while I love the machine itself, Vista is like a cross between ME and a Jewish mother-in-law.

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