Last night I installed Windows Vista Business on my laptop. I am not yet brave enough to make a clean switch away from XP Pro so I installed Vista on a separate hard drive, leaving XP Pro still intact. As I better acquaint myself with Vista and Office 2007 I will continue to post my thoughts and experiences. I will not say much about the system requirements and how to do the upgrade; there already seems to be plenty of resources on those topics.
Here is what I've discovered so far about Windows Vista Business:
Microsoft requires that you install Vista two times onto your blank hard drive. This is a feeble attempt to persuade you into buying the full version of Vista rather than just the upgrade (which is $100 less). More Info Here. Vista combines the look and feel of a Mac (which I like), with a functionality I am familiar with.
There will be a learning curve. Vista is dramatically different than Windows XP and will take some time to get comfortable with the changes. The past versions of Windows did not change as much from version to version.
It is the first version of Windows with an adequate backup built in. This is a very important feature when it comes to safeguarding your valuable information and pictures.
Outlook 2007 looks incredible, however I have not used it enough yet to provide a thorough opinion.
Vista runs well on my 2006 Dell Latitude D610, equipped with 1GB of RAM, a 1.8GHz processor and a Radeon X300 video card. The CPU fan kicks more with Vista than XP, which indicates that a newer dual core processor would work better.
The boot up and shut down times are similar to XP.
Vista found and loaded all device drivers without a problem.
Windows explorer has a much improved interface, as shown below.
Searching is much faster and full of great features.
Windows Photo Gallery is impressive yet similar to Picasa.
That's it for now. I'll post more about Windows Vista soon, especially since this snow is making it impossible to go anywhere.
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