Second Chances: Vista
Anyone who read my previous entry regarding Windows Vista will already know my opinions of Vista in the work place but that isn’t to say that I am a hater of the OS. Quite the contrary in fact; it might surprise people to learn that on my person home computer I do in fact have Windows Vista Home Premium installed. So now you may be thinking the writer of this blog is a hypocrite but that couldn’t be further from the truth. A home computer that is used for work has the potential to be far different from a pure office based computer.
For starters as anyone who knows me will attest my computer is the one nice thing I own, everything else is just filler. With this in mind my computer clocks in with 2 gigs of ram; an over clocked quad core processor, and a 768 MB graphics card. MY computer runs Vista flawlessly; in fact if you have the hardware Vista can be really nice sleek operating system. But there’s the problem considering the work place.
Anyone who has worked in an office setting will attest that most of the computers are between 2-5 years old and will almost always have 2nd rate components. If you happen to work in a higher end office setting you might fare slightly better but it’s unlikely that there will be more hardware available then you currently need to run programs like Word and Excel. At bare minimum computers running Vista should have 512MB of ram (Memory), but I wouldn’t want to run it on less than a gig (1024MB). As the price of computer technology continues to drop this is becoming more and more possible to accommodate but in an office place with multitudes of computers to consider the price of upgrades can still break the bank.
For starters as anyone who knows me will attest my computer is the one nice thing I own, everything else is just filler. With this in mind my computer clocks in with 2 gigs of ram; an over clocked quad core processor, and a 768 MB graphics card. MY computer runs Vista flawlessly; in fact if you have the hardware Vista can be really nice sleek operating system. But there’s the problem considering the work place.
Anyone who has worked in an office setting will attest that most of the computers are between 2-5 years old and will almost always have 2nd rate components. If you happen to work in a higher end office setting you might fare slightly better but it’s unlikely that there will be more hardware available then you currently need to run programs like Word and Excel. At bare minimum computers running Vista should have 512MB of ram (Memory), but I wouldn’t want to run it on less than a gig (1024MB). As the price of computer technology continues to drop this is becoming more and more possible to accommodate but in an office place with multitudes of computers to consider the price of upgrades can still break the bank.
In related news Microsoft has backed down from its previous position of killing support of XP at the end of June 2008. Now Microsoft has unceremoniously extended support of XP until April 2014. This should give all concerned parties considerable opportunity to plan and upgrade by the new deadline.
If you are considering a possible Vista upgrade and would like assistance with crossover contact It Computer Support of New York and learn what we can do for you.
- Richard Keene
IT Computer Support of New York
Design and Optimization Department
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