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The Vista dilemma
February 9, 2007
Windows Vista arrived last week and now I'm no longer running the latest Microsoft oerating system. The thought of upgrading raises my blood pressure because it will take countless hours of learning how to tweak things that I've already done in Win98 and XP. Thus, I'll delay upgrading as long as possible. Here are three more reasons not to upgrade right now.
1. Vista is a new operationg system. As with all Microsoft products, its full of bugs. Never upgrade your Microsoft OS before Service Pack 1 is released.
2. The hackers probably have already figured out how to get around Microsoft's new security measures. But, those security fixes won't come until Service Pack 2. Never upgrade until Service Pack 2 is released.
3. If I were to upgrade now, I'll have many questions about tweaking the user interface. Many of the tweaks I know how to do in Win98 and XP, but they'll be different in Vista. You need to wait two or three years after a Mocrosoft OS release for there to be a sufficient online knowledge base for you to find out how to tweak the OS. I'll wait and let the millions of users out there post the answers, then use them.
I know that upgrading is inevitable. In fact, I'll have to upgrade to the 64 bit version eventually because there will be software I'll need that will require 64 bits.
Also, keep that Win98 machine running as long as possible. As the hackers and virus writers move to Vista, Win98 will become less vulnerable to attack. And, you can't beat the direct hardware access that you get with Win98. That's great for test applications when you just want to push a few bits to your device under test. My home computer has been an XP machine for less than two years. I'm still just getting used to it. My Win98 machine still runs--with the two original 1998 hard drives. As long as I can transfer files between computers, I'll keep the Win98 machine.
Every time Microsoft releases a new OS, I think that my next computer should be a Mac. But, I know I'll never rid my life of Microsoft and the thought of supporting two computer platforms makes me sick.
Posted by Martin Rowe on February 9, 2007 | Comments (0)
