No more XP?

Yes, it’s true….XP is out and Vista is in. There has been so much negative publicity regarding Vista, and for good reason. In my humble opinion, the release of Vista was poorly managed and perhaps the worst job Microsoft has done in releasing a desktop OS in two decades. The single biggest problem is that Microsoft seemed to overlook how important that third party software vendors were prepared. Print drivers, VPN clients, and a mass of other software simply did not work when Vista was first released. While customers who moved to the new version of office may experience minor inconveniences such as not relearning how to do basic tasks such as ‘undo’ or ‘save as’ like when moving to a new version of office; moving to Vista broke major functionality such as printing and accessing network files remotely.

So then, where are we know? I think moving to Vista is inevitable for most businesses and home users…and I think the time is about right. Most of the major problems have been addressed. While there is always going to be the minor hassle of dealing with a new user interface, people are simply going to have to be dealt with that. Vista is here to stay and does have some fantastic new features that frequently get overlooked such as:

• Sophisticated graphics
• Better search and organization tools
• Improved security
• Easier access to information and applications
• New multimedia functions and tools
• Improved system tools for backups, updates, and more

Given the problems and resistance most people have had, we’ve all lost site of the Millions of dollars in R&D that have gone in to this protect to move technology forward.

My advice? The time has come. Suck it up and move forward.