12-31-2008, 04:52 PM
I installed Vista Business (got a copy for $8 through my employer) on an older PC that I have (P4 2.8 with 1.5 gigs of ram). It's really not as bad as I expected, given the all the negative press. The installer even helpfully identified a program--an older version of a Roxio CD/DVD burning app--that wouldn't work under Vista.
The downside is that it's definitely more of a resource hog than XP, which isn't a big deal for me since this isn't my main tower. But the job of deploying Vista at even a medium-sized business seems like it could be a nightmare, which I guess explains why so many are resisting.
The downside is that it's definitely more of a resource hog than XP, which isn't a big deal for me since this isn't my main tower. But the job of deploying Vista at even a medium-sized business seems like it could be a nightmare, which I guess explains why so many are resisting.