i hate vista

[PinkBike]

we needed another laptop that i can take to work and leave there in my toolbox. i just wanted excel and word, to keep records of part numbers and references. but the sony store had this very cool pink vaio so of course that's the one i got. you're stuck with vista no matter what but i already have it on the other laptop so it's not that big a deal.

wrong!!!

it's got the new 64-bit vista - even suckier and less compatible with anything i wanted to use the new laptop for.

anybody else run into this? can anything be done?

[Crankin]

Get a Mac.

[reddDesign]

Get a Mac.

ick.

Not sure what to tell you, you're pretty much stuck with 64 bit...

[Becky]

What's the difference between 64-bit and 32-bit Vista? DH and I are thinking that we'll need to buy a new laptop soon, so I'm beginning to do my homework.

[CycleTherapy]

I'm with Crankin.... M-a-c

[OakLeaf]

I'd say get a Mac too, but I don't think that'll solve her problem of operating system cross-compatibility.

OTOH, with a Mac you could have separate VMs under Parallels or VMWare Fusion running both Vista and, when it comes out, Windows 7.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It's not always as simplistic as "Get a Mac". We have both macs and windows here in our business, and the majority of files we get from our clients are in Windows format from Windows programs and no, they do NOT always translate correctly on a Mac with Virtual PC. We have to work with both Mac and Windows. I can do some work things on my windows machine that our macs just can't do, and vice versa. It's all about what kind of programs you need to use for a particular project.

I'm still on XP (love it) and plan to wait until they work out the bugs with windows 7. I've avoided Vista in any shape or form, and will continue to do so until I buy a new computer with 7 on it already.

[Irulan]

get your local geek to wipe the computer,reformat, and install XP. I'm lucky, my geek child does this kind of thing for me.

[OakLeaf]

FWIW, Virtual PC is merely a reader. Fusion and Parallels create virtual machines on which you can run any operating system you like.

They're not perfect, but with the most recent versions there's very, very little that you can't do with them. The main drawback is the processing power required to run the VM at the same time that MacOS is operating, which then is unavailable to your Windows apps.

Then there's always Boot Camp, which makes your hardware 100% available to Windows, but obviously that requires a re-boot whenever you want to switch OS.

[SadieKate]

Get a Mac.

Wonder if they've filled all 350 positions.

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