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5 March 2009 - Thoughts on Vista:
I get a lot of people asking me if they should upgrade to Vista. Since I'm not the "Geek", I thought I would ask Chris what his thoughts are. Here goes.....
I like
Vista. It has a lot of good ideas in it and
generally works well.
If someone already has XP on their machine, I
generally don't recommend that the OS (Operating System) be replaced
with Vista, mostly because there isn't enough in
Vista that is so new and wonderful and different
that you're going to miss out on something.
If someone has Windows 2000 on their machine, I
will recommend not upgrading the OS to Vista
because there are usually a lot of hardware differences over time. In
that case, the customer will be happier if they just replace the
machine. But there are some things that XP does much better than Win
2000, and Vista does better too, that will just
make some problems go away because the newer version of the OS is
better.
On a new computer, I'll recommend
Vista Business, and stay with the 32 bit version
of the OS and not the 64 bit version. If the person is retired or
relatively new to computers, I'll recommend XP because "change is bad".
With a "younger" person, they are likely to be more adaptable to change,
and will likely make the adjustment to the subtle differences in
Vista just fine. Note that with a semi custom
computer, the intended life is 4+ years, so in 2013, I think that most
customers would rather have Vista than XP.
My general rule of thumb for memory is 1GB minimum for XP, and 2GB for
Vista. For a 32bit operating system, 4GB is the
max amount of memory that can possibly be seen. And even if you install
4GB of memory, you'll only be able to use 3GB of that. The memory
on the video card has the biggest encroachment
footprint, and is located in high memory. Vista
does better with more memory, and memory is cheap, so choosing 4GB over
2GB will be a minor price boost, but well worth it.
Remember that if you are looking to get a new laptop or desktop and really want to have XP rather than Vista, Chris has the connections in Dell to make that happen.
Are there other
topics you’d like me to cover? Send an email to
Gail@GeekForHireInc.com.
Happy Computing!
Gail P. Eddy
Business Manager
Geek For Hire, Inc.
www.GeekForHireInc.com
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