We are getting ready to release our first Vista tested software next week - Art-Copy Scripting 4.0. Vista really messed up our development cycle. Vista broke our activation system so we had to wait for the vendor who provides our activation system to come out with their Vista version so we could come out with Vista software.

Also on Vista compatibility, we have been working with a printer company who is developing a new CD printer. Their first release will not support Vista. Many of our users who upgraded to Vista have found their scanners no longer work and big companies like HP have no plans to update their scanner drivers.

Which brings me to my point, if you are getting a new computer with all new hardware, only using MS Office software and buying from one vendor like Dell. You might be OK but if you have an existing computer don’t upgrade unless you want to buy lots of new third party software and hardware. Vista may be released but it is six years away from being good for the average person and by then Microsoft will have released their next operating system and we will do this all over again.

P.S. Dell has recently said it would be offering XP again as an OS option on its web site because so many customers were requesting it but as of the 15th of May, when I tried to buy a Dell XP computer for my father in-law, Vista was all that was available. It must be nice to be able to force software down our throats.

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