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Originally Posted by CodeBubba

I ran into several issues, particularly with development software. Visual Studio 2005 has a known compatibility problem and some of our custom controls won't even run under it at all. That's OK ... M$ has come out with a service pack for the VS2005 issue and the custom-controls vendors will no doubt patch their issues as well. My main point about Vista right now is not that there's anything patently wrong with it. I will, however, state that it is not compelling enough of an upgrade to set aside a well-tuned XP Professional (or Home for that matter) system just because it's new. Microsoft will, I'm sure, have good penetration with Vista - but it will not be as deep among those of us who are expert users of the system. When I evaluate a software upgrade (particularly an O/S) it has to have a demonstrated ability to fix problems that I'm having with the current system. Vista has not demonstrated this as yet. I won't "bash" it - but I'm not going to retool to it just because it's "there". '98 to WinXP was an entirely different situation - that was a retool that was worth the change; going from a DOS-based to an NT-based kernel. The "upgrade" to Vista is not an event that offers that kind of improvement, IMHO. If you want to go to Vista - that's fine. However XP is not going to be replaced any time soon nor should it be. Even Microsoft recognizes that - there will be mainline support for it through 2011 and plenty of life for it well after that. -CB :)

Again I agree with you. Our customers still use XP and will for awhile yet to come. But for new setups and installations, plus homes, it makes sence to make the move and get the better security and upgrades to the OS :approve: