Comments on: Breaking in new shoes and new OS

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:12:41 +0000

I agree. What galls me is that I thought I checked everything out and was going to be okay. Maybe if I bought the 32-bit version I would have been okay, dunno.

It has certainly been a saga, but it also show why having excellent backups of all critical files is crucial to folks like us.

By: TDavid

TDavid — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:34:51 +0000

I don’t know how with all the time and public beta tests, Tris, anybody could have been caught with their pants down. This machine wasn’t an upgrade, it was brand new from Gateway with Vista Home Premium preinstalled.

I didn’t participate in any Vista testing and chose not to upgrade from XP because I didn’t want to struggle along with these things. The computer is a tool in my business and it would be like a carpenter using a hammer that intermittently functions.

I enjoy experimenting with and trying new things but there are limits.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:04:30 +0000

I’m with you. I’ve been blogging my Vista saga on PimpYourWork.com (part 3 comes tomorrow). Vista looks cool, my 64 bit machine did do “stuff” faster, but the transition from XP was painful and I was just force to go back.

From my research into my 64 bit no sound card drivers issues, it looks like a lot of device manufacturers got caught with the pants down. Not to mention HP deciding which laptops they will support running Vista … eventhough there are many, many previous models capable of running Vista.

Looks like I won’t be running Vista until I get a new machine, or maybe enough companies (like you Conexant) release real 64 bit drivers!