I decided to go ahead and move to VISTA, though not without many headaches. FINALEs before 2007 have issues with a great deal of VISTA, not to mention GPO and related apps.
I called (by mistake) FINSUPPORT to reset my licenses. In the course of the discussion I noted a bit of "?" that I had not experienced before. I say "?" because the tone in the voice was quite annoyed when I questioned some of the "improvements" in 2008. What have you people been saying to them? ;-) Also, I like the "toys" that come with VISTA. There is an "activity" monitor, and FINALE's big moves seem to peg the first X86 chip while the second and the RAM are untouched. I haven't tried the "fast" flashdrive for dumping certain routines. I'm not even sure that FINALE will be able to access it. I have always found two monitors a great help in my editing of manuscripts. I now have a 22" wide monitor that I can pivot. It really helps. Sadly, to have a pivot monitor from DELL, one must buy a $120 stand that clips to one's worktable;-( I did have a real huge pivot monitor several years ago. It tool a lot of software and misery, and space. This one is nicer and about $800 cheaper with the swivel device;-) Henry Howey Professor of Music Sam Houston State University Box 2208 Huntsville, TX 77341 (936) 294-1364 http://www.shsu.edu/music/faculty/howey.php Owner of FINALE Discussion List _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
