Restoring functionality (Restoring Vista functionality once in reduced functionality mode)

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yes upgrade, sort of

My full time job is consulting & training corporate users in doing their jobs that incidentally use a web-based tool I support (the emphasis is more on getting the job done rather than the tool that enables them). I also run a part-time home-based IT consulting business for mom & pop and slightly larger businesses. In other words, I see a pretty broad spectrum of IT.

In my opinion, most existing PCs are not good candidates for upgrade from XP to Vista. These PCs should be patched to exist nicely within a mixed network (Vista's discovery service)and allowed to finish out their useful life with XP.

But IT shops who won't install a new PC with Vista, in my opinion have ostriches for management - they are sticking their heads in the sand hoping to retire before they have to deal with something new. Folks, Vista was 5 years in the making and I have never seen a beta (dare I say gamma) testing program as large. So far as I'm concerned, this OS has already been around for a year. Will there be issues? sure. I saw issues with shops just starting with XP months after SP2. Change always involves friction with existing systems and waiting isn't going to change that. I'm not advocating a wholesale swap here. Start small by letting new club members be Vista, work through the issues of a new kid entering the old boy network and develop your expertise. When it comes time to replace large blocks of PCs, your IT staff will be experienced and ready.

Regarding the comment about programs running faster under XP than Vista... have you thought about returning to DOS? It should REALLY run fast on current hardware versus the hardware it used to run on. Come on. It's a fact of life that most business users won't see a significant performance hit because they will also be using more powerful hardware. And many of those same applications will take better advantage of the Vista environment (OS and hardware) in the next release or two and run faster than they did on the old hardware under XP - probably about the same point as you are ready to retire those XP PCs mentioned above.

As for actually upgrading a specific PC from XP to Vista - take it on a case by case basis. It might make sense in some cases if this is a powerful almost new PC with a power user at the mouse.

Posted by: Jim Johnson   Posted on: 03/01/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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