First, Wintix will work on Vista Business or Vista Ultimate. Period.
There seems to be some confusion about Vista. On one hand, computer stores are saying that Vista is all they have. On the other hand, there are stories about users paying to re-format their computers with Windows XP. Both stories are true.
You can still purchase XP - but you need to go where business computers are sold.
HP's website:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/12454-12454-64287-321860-3328893.html
Dell's website:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/desktops?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsdWhether you get XP or Vista, make sure it is the right edition. This means "XP Professional" or "Vista Business"
Vista will work, but at half the speed of a comparability equipped XP computer. It slows down even further after about 6 months of use. That is the main reason we prefer XP. The compatibility and drivers issues do not seem to be a problem. Most of our customers use pretty standard equipment.
The highly touted "Aero" interface is cute. But that's all. It has no advantages. It's not even original. Sun Microsystems developed a very similar semi-transparent interface for their Glassfish server.
Tip:
Want to save yourself $462? Rather than Microsoft Office, get Open Office (OpenOffice.org). It works pretty much the same as Microsoft Office. It has all the bells and whistles. And, it's free.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/2008 02:06PM by bruce.
