I have upgraded my home computer to Vista w/SP1. No turning back. After I got used to the differences it is pretty good.
As for reliability, it is rock solid and fast. Not one glitch. The only thing that I had a problem with was a few older programs(like Nero). Dan Goldberg -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gunnar Ekblad Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:14 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Totally out of topic question! Thank you Razzak You conviced me in a way. I will try to stay on top. So my my own laptop will stay on vista. But the all my users will stay on XP for time beeing, since I dont like vista, but I realize I need to learn the way of the furure. ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:04 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Totally out of topic question! > At 02:19 PM 8/20/2008, Gunnar Ekblad wrote: > >>Question >>Shall I revert back to XP? > > Why go backwards? > > Always stay on the top of everything. Otherwise, you'll be > among those who missed the boat and are ALWAYS playing catchup. > Don't you feel sorry for those who always come up with 101 > excuses to stay behind and never accept the challenge, or dare > to move forward, without looking at the positives. > > Having said that, I personally have a nice experience with > Windows Vista Business (SP1); on three Sony Vaio Notebooks > and two Desktop computers. There are lots of nice features, > but most importantly all the current versions of R:BASE, > including R:WEB Suite, R:BASE 7.6 (DOS/Win), Turbo V-8 and > R:BASE eXtreme (version 9.0) "ROCK" on Vista. Setting up > Apache 2.2.9 (Win32), and PHP 5.2.6 is also a breeze! > > Of course, there are a few minor annoying items that will > be taken care of in the next patch of Vista. This is perfectly > acceptable when you look at the positive side of the operating > system. No regrets here! > > >>Shall I stay with open office and give up MS-Office? > > That is purely your preference. > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > > >
