Tia
My business partner didn't want to listen to my apprehension, thinking that
I'm just another person paranoid about all things new. So he went out to
purchase a Vista-equipped notebook and he has since regretted. It appears
that its power management features are at best inconsistent and at worse,
they cause his notebook to hang. Then he found out the ASP .Net doesn't
quite work as well in Vista as it might on XP.
I'm not sure if any of these will be of help to you but knowing Microsoft -
as many of us do - it'll take a little time to iron out the bugs. My own
limited wisdom has been to let others be 'blood-letting pioneers' while I
sit on the outside, monitoring and waiting while any new product gets the
creases out of the way. It happens with new cars. It happens with new
computing technology. And it damn well happens with software. And when it
comes to operating systems, I tend to prefer to err on the safe side.
If you have a spare XP-based computer as a backup, you're fine, I guess but
if your primary work is going to hinge on Vista, I'm not sure you want to
put all your hopes on it. A few 'more conservative' manufacturers are still
not bringing out Vista based computers and maybe they know something we
don't. You might want to find out more by hoping over to some of the online
forums to check for issues like stability, driver compatibilities and so
forth.
You could always go for an XP computer that is certified for Vista upgrade
but be careful because there are different levels of certification. You want
one that allows you a FULL upgrade to the most ambitious version of Vista -
the one with that Aero thingy.
I'm not sure what others over here in this forum think about XP versus Vista
but my priorities have always been stability, reliability, driver
compatibility, wide support and performance. I don't care much about
wonderful looking animated graphics and stuffs like that. In fact my XP is
tuned to give me the highest performance; so I cripple all those so-called
wonderful 3D effects etc. Yeah, maybe I'm a dullard but I do my best to
squeeze as much performance out of my computer as I can.
Hope that helps.
K.
On 21/05/07, Daniel Sepke <daniel.sepke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> I am about to buy a new laptop and photo work is a big part of its planned
> use. Some of the machines I am looking at can still be purchased with XP
> on
> it but many are Vista only at this point. Since it is inevitable that
> Vista
> will be in my future I don't have a problem switching now but I am
> concerned
> about program functionality for the less frequently updated stuff.
>
> Is anyone here using Viewer or Studio on Vista? Any problems installing or
> in using either program? I am particularly concerned about Studio as I
> need
> to shoot tethered to this laptop as part of my plans for it.
>
> TIA, Dan S.
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