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DEL.ICIO.USVista - ready or not
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve been running Microsoft Vista for some time now if you count the beta versions and finally the shrink wrap version from the store.
It’s been an OK experience - how’s that for enthusiasm - but not something I recommend. I still think it’s smart to wait.
Many of you won’t wait for Vista and that’s OK too - if you love computing you also probably enjoy the pain of finding problems and fixing them.
But for those of you who aren’t into pain, here is a way to get some of the Vista features now, without leaving XP.
You’ll be able to use the free downloads to add some of the Vista look and feel without messing with the way your computer performs. I have to admit that - other than the Google desktop included in this list - most of the features don’t really interest me - either as add-ons or as part of Vista. But we’re all different and you may want to sample some of these downloads.
One other bit of advice - for those of you who are waiting. Unless you know that you’ll be buying a new computer in the next six months to a year, be thinking about gradually upgrading your computer so that it’ll be Vista ready. RAM memory and video cards can make a big difference - in fact I’ll be writing about that in the column that will appear in print Sunday and in this space on Friday.
Also check out the Microsoft Upgrade Advisor now - even if you’re not moving to Vista right away. You may find that fixing the potential problems in an older computer will just be too expensive. If that’s the case, you can either budget for a new machine or just plan on running XP for the life of your machine. Either option works just fine.
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