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Learn Vista When You Can, But ASAP

There is no way I am going to recommend "upgrading" to Vista until I am sure I can support it.

Well, of course you're not going to upgrade until you can support it! That would be like the blind leading the blind.

But I would suggest that, somehow, you begin to get yourself up to speed with Vista (and I am not a Microsoft shill, I don't work for them). Take one of those boxes your company is buying and instead of wiping out XP, activate Vista and start learning it. I assure you, being another experienced I-T professional (21 years), that it's not as bad as you imagine. The file and folder system looks a little different and some other features have been moved around but it's still Windows!

Here's something else to consider ... I participated in the Customer Participation Program (the beta testing program) simply to get the experience with Vista on my resume. I also upgraded from Windows XP Home Edition) that came with the laptop I purchased in Dec. 2006) to Vista Ultimate and I'm glad I did. While I have observed a couple of issues, they've both been minor and have given me some troubleshooting experience with applications and Vista. You're tellin' me there's no value in that?

At some point, you're going to need to have Vista expertise also. Why wait indefinitely? Do you want to be ahead of the curve or behind it?

Posted by: chas_2   Posted on: 03/01/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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