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Is it time to get Windows Vista yet? February 2008
Is it time to consider Windows Vista now or should you just stick with Windows XP. This question depends greatly on who you are, what your actual computing needs are and how you interact with other computers. Vista has been out for a year and the days are coming when Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP. This article will help you decide if Windows XP or Windows Vista is the operating system for you. Windows Vista at its core is more stable and more secure than Windows XP. However, because it’s a new operating system not everything that you currently have may not work properly with it. This compatibility issue with existing hardware and software programs and integrating it into home or business networks has been the biggest gripe of those that have a problem and looking back, it isn’t too much different than when Windows XP was released. The bottom line is YOU. What do you want your computer to do for you? If you have older hardware and software programs and everything is working fine for the moment, why rock the boat? If you are in the market for a new computer and will be trying to integrate your existing peripherals and software with it, sticking with Windows XP is the safest route especially if you are not willing to do the homework to figure out what you currently have that will and won’t work with Vista. If you are a home user or are starting from scratch and will be buying all new hardware and software and don’t need to integrate the new computer into a network of older systems, Windows Vista is well worth the purchase. Vista offers a robust operating system environment, designed to make your computer experience easier and keep you safe when you are on the Internet. If you are a business user, you are also less likely to want to introduce a new operating system into your business network, unless you have a specific reason to do so. Very few of our business clients are interested in experimenting with Windows Vista at this time, because many of their support mechanisms (in-house and third party) are not equipped to deal with all the unknowns. We saw the same slower migration by the business community when Windows XP was released and in many cases they waited until their primary business software application vendor told them that they had to transition to Windows XP from 98 or they would lose support. In addition, of the business customers that have purchased Windows Vista systems, the vast majority have asked us to turn off many of the security items that make Vista more secure and stable than XP, because they want to minimize the differences for their users (which kind of defeats the whole purpose of migrating to Vista.) This question of which operating system to choose is not one that should be taken lightly and if you are confused, call us for help. Make sure you thoroughly review all of the options involved, especially how you will get the new computer to work like the old one did (transferring your data, favorites, e-mails, address book and programs as well as getting it to talk to your printer and home or business network.) Make sure you purchase your computer from a vendor that still offers both Windows XP and Windows Vista so you get advice based on your needs, not based on their ability to only sell Vista based computers. All retail outlets only sell computers with Windows Vista only. Dell and Gateway offer their customers a choice of operating systems.
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