Should you upgrade to Windows Vista?
by Andrew Smith on 27/08/07 at 4:12 pm
4 comments
If you run a small business you probably don’t have an IT department to make software decisions for you. As well as answering the phone, making the tea, balancing the books and making sales calls, you have to be an expert on everything relating to technology.
I’ve been toying with the idea of upgrading my laptop to Windows Vista, until I came across this quote:
I’ve been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using it as their primary operating system — it simply has no redeeming merits to overcome the compatibility headaches it causes. Whenever anyone asks, my advice is to stay with Windows XP (and to purchase new systems with XP preinstalled).
It’s written by Joel Spolsky, who used to work for Microsoft and now develops Windows and web applications. His readership is around a million people, and he is highly regarded in the software world. I think I’ll take his advice for now!
Andrew Smith is the pedantic systems guy behind Live Alchemy, a SA e-commerce company. Andrew writes for Ideate in an attempt to make the world a more efficient place. View more articles by Andrew Smith.
Tags: business software
Deon
Aug 28th, 2007
I’ll third that… If it weren’t for the fact that I have a DX10 card and would like to see what it can do (someday), i would have had XP reinstalled on my machine ages ago..
Aubrey
Aug 29th, 2007
I’ve had Vista for about 4 months now, both on my home and work machines. No compatibility problems as yet. And better still, not a single blue screen of death
Alan Levin
Aug 30th, 2007
Just switch to Ubuntu, it’ll take a few days of learning and you’ll never look back
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