> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:09 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: RE: Re[2]: [H] Vista Business > > I'm sure my HW is up to par on main box ( a64 3400 ) but I hesitate to > go even xp64.
Maybe I should clarify my definition of "good"...dual-core, 2GB, with at least 6600GT level graphics. I probably wouldn't deploy Vista to any machine with fewer than 2 cores. > > Was a pain in the beginning even > getting AV sw. Word is in the fall there is going to be SP1 which will > be a full kernel rebuild so how good is it , really. Only because they want the kernel to be the same version as Windows Server 2008--it eases compatibility concerns and makes patch development/testing a whole lot easier. > > MS needs better backward compatibility with SW but the reality is they > want you to buy all new. Hate Office 07 and will not run it in my main > box. NEW not compatible extension with old programs format. WTF M$ > If the break with backwards compatibility is done for a good reason--security, performance, features, and/or flexibility--I'm good with it. That is, within reason, of course. Office 2007 defaults to the non-OOXML format anyway...