Comments on: Poll: When will your organization start deploying Vista?

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:31:45 +0000

Victor, if your hardware is not powerful enough for Vista then you certainly have no other choice. There are many arguments against Vista, however, the “we are just happy with what we have argument” is not really convincing. I know of a secretary who told me the same thing about her typewriter. Why would she need Office if she is happy with it?

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:23:17 +0000

I’m running 2 companies with a total of ~100computers and 6 servers, and expanding everyday.

The first company can’t upgrade to vista, as one of the basic software they need requires Internet Explorer 6 (don’t ask…).

The other one… We are just happy with Windows XP and Office 2003. Why buy Vista, when XP is enough?

Our new PCs are all bought with Windows XP & Office 2003. Why we must install Vista if they will run slower on it?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:46:09 +0000

I am looking at Server 2008 for it’s TS improvements, but my evaluation of it has barely begun.

Server 2008 I see as inevitable. I can’t keep running a 5 year old server OS for ever. I went through that in the NT4 days. However, I don’t see a wide deployment of Vista in my future…at least not at this job. Sure, once I make the server 2008 jump, I’ll probably need Vista to manage it, but that’s me, that’s not my users. Otherwise, unless those few computer users that I have require a software update that only supports Vista, I don’t see it. But I buy my PC’s with an OEM Vista license just in case.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:03:23 +0000

Lukas, I think it is much easier for small businesses to upgrade to Vista. If all your applications work and your hardware is powerful enough, why would someone stick with XP? If you don’t like UAC or Windows Search, you can just disable it. However, the bigger your organization is, the more things you have to consider before you can upgrade.

Dave, what about Windows Server 2008? It is the server version of Vista. Will you use it? It has a lot of interesting new features for terminal servers.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:10:50 +0000

I work for a small business as well. We have been making the move away from XP for a couple of years, and are now almost entirely terminal server based. Only our engineers that need CAD software get actual PC’s, and most of their existing software is not yet supported on Vista.

At this time, I don’t see a Vista computer ever making it onto my network. When I buy new PC’s though, I usually buy them with Vista (for the license) and then take the OEM downgrade to XP.

It amazes me that after almost a full year at retail, there are still many programs that are not supported under Vista.

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By: Lukas Beeler

Lukas Beeler — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:24:51 +0000

Well, i’m working for a Small Business (2 Servers, 35 Clients), but we have already moved around 20 Clients to Vista, with the rest to follow this year.

We also have a few clients that wanted to buy new PCs, and most of them bought Vista machines (we do, of course, recommend Vista if it makes sense). There were also Clients that insisted on XP.

On the Office side, if you do not have a Volume Licensing Agreement, you can’t buy Office 2003 anymore, so all new Machines we sell are preloaded with Office 2007.