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Skriven 2007-01-23 06:36:04 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 26378 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
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Ed Hulett -> John Hull wrote:
 EH> John Hull -> John Massey wrote:
 JH>> John Massey -> Ed Hulett wrote:


 JM>>>>> Now I need to find out if Vista will wipe all of the early
 JM>>> versions of
 JM>>>>> Microsoft (and several non-Microsoft) programs on her old 98 box
 EH>>>> and see
 JM>>>>> if I can find new versions of the ones that will not work with
 JH>> Vista.

 EH>>>> Go to www.microsoft.com and follow the links to see if your wife's
 EH>>>> system is compatible with Vista. I don't think there will be an
 JM>>> upgrade
 EH>>>> available from Win98 to Vista.

 EH>>>> There are 4 versions of Vista, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business,
 JH>> and
 EH>>>> Ultimate.

 EH>>>> Click on this link:




 EH> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx

 EH>>>> and download Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor and run it to see what
 EH>>>> hardware and software on your PC is Vista compatible.

 JM>>> Thanks that will be most helpful.

 JM>>> I know her 2001 computer with an AMD 64 w/320 mb of memory is just
 EH> not
 JM>>> enough horsepower, so I expect to buy a new machine with Vista Home
 JM>>> Premiun installed. After that It's just a matter which of her
 JH>> genealogy
 JM>>> programs we will be able to reinstall.

 JH>> Well, you can dump a bunch of money into a new box with Vista, but
 EH> that
 JH>> is still no guarantee her programs will work.  The computer she has
 EH> now
 JH>> will work just fine with Win 2000.  Only thing I would do is add
 EH> enough
 JH>> memory to get her up to 512m.  Otherwise you have plenty of
 EH> horsepower,
 JH>> and $200 instead of $1000.

 EH> Win2K would work and, as you say, it will be supported for a couple more
 EH> years.

 EH> OTOH, a new system can be bought for less than $1000 with up to 1GB of
 EH> system RAM and a very large HD. Many of the new systems will include a
 EH> DVD/RW for system backup and all your multi-media needs.

 EH> And Vista will be supported for at least another 10 years.

Well, my biggest objection to Vista is the intrusiveness they've built into it.
 Even the pundits who review this stuff have complained about it.  I ran both
the beta and RC1, and aside from the pretty interface, Vista really has nothing
to offer that is worth the extra investment in hardware and initial cost of the
new OS to run it.

I figure Win2K is good till 2010, and XP Pro will be good for several years
beyond that, so John and Kemis should have no need to go to Vista for quite
awhile, at a considerable savings overall.

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