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mbpark · 08-08-2007, 10:13 PM

I have it at work.

There are major printer compatibility issues (printer drivers completely changed). Many third-party drivers also need to be completely rewritten, including network drivers, Blackberry drivers (this personally hit me when i tried it), VPN clients, and video cards.

Microsoft Office versions prior to 2007 won't work on it.

Aero Glass is a RAM hog.

Otherwise, it's what you expect. Windows Vista is a big resource hog, isn't 100% backward compatible with many older programs, and needs more than 1GB of RAM to work correctly.

If you run a business, a large amount of the enterprise software still doesn't work right on IE7, let alone Vista (SAP especially!). A large amount of bespoke software written for businesses will need to run under SoftGrid or Citrix to run under Vista, if at all.

It's an underwhelming release, that's for sure. SP1 will hopefully fix many things.

08-08-2007, 10:13 PM	#6
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	I have it at work I have it at work. There are major printer compatibility issues (printer drivers completely changed). Many third-party drivers also need to be completely rewritten, including network drivers, Blackberry drivers (this personally hit me when i tried it), VPN clients, and video cards. Microsoft Office versions prior to 2007 won't work on it. Aero Glass is a RAM hog. Otherwise, it's what you expect. Windows Vista is a big resource hog, isn't 100% backward compatible with many older programs, and needs more than 1GB of RAM to work correctly. If you run a business, a large amount of the enterprise software still doesn't work right on IE7, let alone Vista (SAP especially!). A large amount of bespoke software written for businesses will need to run under SoftGrid or Citrix to run under Vista, if at all. It's an underwhelming release, that's for sure. SP1 will hopefully fix many things.