Hi, ..coming in late on this thread: Based on testing being done locally and in other departments at Stanford, I'd suggest that, unless you really have money to throw at some pretty fancy new hardware, waiting on Vista is going to be the safer bet. We have assurances from Dell (hmmm...rather like guarantees from some well-known piano makers) that WinXP will be available on their new machines through 2007. Based on other information from other institutions that are well into testing, the common wisdom (at the present time) is to wait until MS decides how stable they will make the first release. Historically, this is usually with Service Pack one/whatever. Our tack here, 200 +/- users, is to stay with WinXP Pro while the dust settles; and buy as few new machines as possible until it becomes clear what really does and does not work. The reason for this is based partly on the fact that MS changed the driver setups so often during the beta cycle that it is not at all clear what actually does and does not work. That said, if you are feeling adventerous, Vista looks pretty promising. Best regards. Horace Quoting Avery <avery1 at houston.rr.com>: > Thanks, Duaine. I'll probably just stay with XP until I get a new > computer. :-) > My current one is only 1 yr. old. > > Avery Todd > > At 07:45 PM 1/19/2007, you wrote: > >OK. The gist of the article means, that in order to run Vista, you WILL > >be required to UPGRADE almost ALL your PC components. Also, if the > >upgrade parts are not Vista specs compliant, serious performance - > >video, audio, CPU (speed), amount of memory needed - degradations or > >disabling WILL OCCUR. > > > >Avery wrote: > > > TMI for me! All I want to know is does it work or not?! In the > > > meantime, I'll stay with XP! > > > > > > Avery > > > > > > At 10:33 AM 1/19/2007, you wrote: > > >> http://seclists.org/isn/2006/Dec/0107.html > > > >-- > >Duaine Hechler > >Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ > >Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding > >Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild > >Reed Organ Society Member > >St. Louis, MO 63034 > >(314) 838-5587 > >dahechler at charter.net > >www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com >
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