I recently purchased a Dell with Vista on it.
My experience so far:
-A few extra mouse clicks to confirm what I’ve just told it to do. Some folks find this annoying, but to a chowder-head-that-sometimes-gets-it-right like me, it has saved my bacon a couple of times.
-I use MS Word to do all my word processing...that would be the 1997 version (yeah, serious old school). It installed great and works without a hitch on Vista.
-It takes some getting used-to when it comes to “where did I put that file?”, but that was overcome quickly.
-The only problem I’ve had so far was trying to install “DVD Xpress” a piece of hardware that transfers analog video & audio to digital. On my XP computer, it works just fine, but Vista wouldn’t let it install.
The Bottom Line for me: it works.
> -The only problem I’ve had so far was trying to
> install “DVD Xpress” a piece of hardware that
> transfers analog video & audio to digital.
> On my XP computer, it works just fine, but
> Vista wouldn’t let it install.
This could be due to Vista DRM.
If so, expect more of the same.
It’s not that it wouldn’t work technically, it’s
that the old app doesn’t comply with MS
content-checking (Hollywood lawyer permission)
before allowing you to process your own content.
I’ll never run vista, but if it works for you that’s all that matters.