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We have a small company which just bought a new notebook computer. It came to us equipped with Windows XP Service Pack 2. We're told that this little roadster can easily run Windows Vista when it becomes available and we can get an upgrade for next to nothing. Will we upgrade? Absolutely not.
Like most most small businesses, we have a good
deal of our IT investment tied up in our existing software and
hardware. A quick check of Microsoft's compatibility program for Vista
shows that the new operating system does not recognize our printer, our
scanner and we know that our current security software will not work
with it.
From testing an early RTM version of Vista, we know that our new
notebook will run slower on Vista than on Windows XP unless we give it
more memory and perhaps a better graphics card.
Vista certainly looks nice, with features like Aero and Flip 3D, and
we're told it's more secure than Windows XP SP2. However, we can't see
a single reason to upgrade right now and a number of reasons why we
should not.
AS far as security is concerned, there are a number of excellent
security options available for Windows XP SP2 machines and the ones
that we use all work well. We haven't suffered a security breach since
we've been using the system.
Microsoft regularly updates our system with security patches each month
and the process is automatic. True, we have to reboot when the system
is updated but it's a minor inconvenience. Security is not a reason to
upgrade to Vista.
So why should a business user, small or large, upgrade to Vista just as
Windows XP has finally matured? We can't think of a single reason other
than the fact is that from January 30, 2007, Microsoft will stop
selling Windows XP and eventually we'll be forced to move to Vista - or
something else.
David Frost
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