Such strong language! I am an IT professional who has been using and supporting Vista since its introduction. I found it to be a little disconcerting at first merely because it's different than XP, but I find it to be neither worse nor better than the many XP boxes I use and support. I have learned that it's a bad idea to load Vista on a machine spec'd for XP. If you go with the Aero interface, it will be slow and aggravating to use. If you choose not to use the Aero interface, then there was little point in upgrading to Vista to begin with.
If I were supporting a raft of existing PCs I would avoid Vista/Aero like the plague. However, if you are acquiring a new PC for yourself, or new PCs that you will be supporting professionally, there is absolutely no reason to skip Vista and go with XP unless you are buying a low-end PC with a single core processor and less than 2 gig of RAM. Even then, I would still get Vista and just not use the Aero interface. All but the very cheapest PCs anymore have multi-core processors, and RAM is inexpensive. Now, let's get back to ham radio and Elecraft... Darwin, Keith wrote: > > I too heard XP is going to end soon. I got to use a Windows Vista > machine here at work the last few days. > > Vista is terrible. I hate the UI. It is slow to start, very slow to > shut down. Every piece of the OS I bumbled into was worse than the > corresponding piece in XP. Well, the Task Manager was better but that > was it. Networking was worse. Control panel is worse. Start button is > worse. > > When my Windows XP machine needs to be replaced, I'll probably switch to > Mac if that's what it takes to avoid Vista. > > - Keith N1AS - > - K2 5411.ssb.100 - > - K3 TBD - > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OT---End-of-the-line-for-XP-tp16588258p16609380.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
