I have been asked so many times about Vista. To date all of the IT managers I know and talk to regularly are not moving to Vista. XP has been working fine and they do not see the need to upgrade hardware and go through a rollout when the upgrade (I use that term loosely here) offers no actual advantages to the enterprise. The cost does not justify the new cute tweaks.
Now, for your personal use.... If you get a good deal on a Vista machine, why not buy it? Well, if the machine does not have at least 2gb of memory and fast 512mb display card, then you can not compare the price. You will need, in my opinion, at least these two elements to run Vista well. So, upgrade the video and ram and see what you are spending.
If you want some of the "cool" features that Vista has to offer, but do not want to take the financial hit or you are on the corporate network and have no plans to move to Vista, then you can download free tools like Vista Inspirat 2 from CrystalXP. Get the feeling of Vista on your lower cost XP system.
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In this blog I mostly write about database development and the issues that may come up with your technology and your organization. I have over 20 years experience developing and managing software and their delivery systems and developing business process automation solutions.