Thomas Whiteley -> My New Windows Vista Computer (Apr. 22 2007 21:03:45)
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I know a little about computers– from mainframes, to PC’s as wells as MAC’s, but I do not know everything or pretend to. Anyway, this is my experience: My “Big Computer”, which is barely three years old has been used for many things including supporting my family (I am a programmer) and recording audio. It has every bell and whistle I wanted to have as well as the programs I wanted to run. It drives two audio racks of really great equipment which allows me to make some very high quality recordings. Well, my computer gave up the ghost the other day and that was most upsetting. I backup everything important using USB flash drives, and other computer hard disks. I took my computer in for repair and they told me, “The mother board is defective and obsolete, and the memory, power supply, and video card also obsolete”. This was a custom built computer created by the same guys that gave me the bad news. The computer has several professional audio cards and lots of other goodies. During all my computer years involving PC’s (since 1975) I Have either built my own computers or had them built according to my needs. This time I said, “Off to Fry’s, to buy a Compaq or HP, and a five year service contract with replacement if the computer has a problem and cannot be fixed! Anyone who knows me is aware that I am a very impatient person. My wife said years ago that, “There will never be a computer fast enough for you”! My wife understands me very well! And now for my personal experience with Windows Vista and my new Compaq computer: 1. Spent two hours getting the basic system to work by following the step by step procedure. 2. No Parallel Port – what do I do with my HP laser printer? Use the Internet to experience so many people saying, “Vista will not allow your printer to work”! HP said they would not supply updated drivers. Buy a new printer! I got it to work anyway. 3. Visual Studio 2002, and 2003 will not work with Vista, and Visual Studio 2005 will with “Compatibility Issues”. SQL Server 2000 will not work with Vista, and SQL Server 2005 gave me fits but I got it to work. For those that care Visual Studio is a software development tool. SQL Server is a database. These products cost a bit of money. 4. Pagemaker will not work with Vista. 5. My SanDisk USB Flash Drives will not work with Vista. SanDisk will have one for sale in May 2007. Will it also work with XP? Why worry about such things – just expect total incompatibility and you will not be disappointed. 6. None of my audio recording software will work with Vista. 7. My professional soundcards will not work with Vista. I am sure that as time permits and I continue to enjoy the “Vista Experience”, that I will discover more issues to contend with. So what should I do? Well, I have decided to be patient and let the software and hardware vendors catch up with Windows Vista. There are lots of serious complaints about Windows Vista, and it is a truly “different experience”, with lots of security considerations never before embodied in a PC operating system. I considered having a dual boot system using XP professional, but the chip set and BIOS are not compatible with XP. Can you believe that I accept this and have not blown my cool? My mother and wife have told me for years, “Learn to have patience”! Perhaps I am learning but thank God I have two XP machines to work with as well as this new Vista machine!
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