I hated to see Windows XP go.
I never realized how much I liked XP until I started using Windows Vista. I just don't get Vista. On a new HP with 2GB of RAM, VISTA is sluggish, crashes as much as XP, and does things differently than XP for reasons that are not yet obvious to me.
The problem is that Vista is here and XP is officially history. Up until several months ago, you could custom order a Dell with XP without much difficulty and without added expense.
The problem is that Vista is here and XP is officially history. Up until several months ago, you could custom order a Dell with XP without much difficulty and without added expense.
Well, Microsoft doesn't offer XP anymore. Period. However, if you're desperate, you can call Dell and beg to have it installed for several hundred dollars extra.
Why is XP still important? Besides the fact that it requires less power to run, some of you are still running some very old programs that are DOS-based and may not do well in Vista. In this case, you will either have to give Vista a try - or pay to get the XP 'downgrade'.
If you don't like Vista, wait until you see Microsoft Office 2007 - then you'll really gag. Microsoft redesigned the interface using something called 'ribbons'. It doesn't look or work like the previous version. Sometimes I just don't get them. My problem is that the 'sometimes' seems like 'all of the times'.
My sure you install all of the Vista on-line updates (you can use Windows Update). I keep hoping Microsoft will offer a new version of Vista that will actually be better than XP.
One can hope.
This article was provided by Fred Litt, Family Technology Associates, Allendale, NJ. Fred welcomes your comments and questions. Visit http://www.FamilyTechnology.com to learn more about Fred's professional efforts.
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