Technology Management

RE: Vista and Office 2007 - Microsoft's Next Generation

SCORE17 — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:55:16 GMT

The business world will all eventually be using Vista and Office 2007, and I prefer to stay ahead of the technology curve. I upgraded several months ago and haven't had any problems, although the new features are not in my opinion that significantly different for the average business user (not enough to warrant an upgrade unless you are buying a new computer).

RE: Vista and Office 2007 - Microsoft's Next Generation

NetworkGuru — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:18:26 GMT

lovemyPYP is right. There are a lot of bugs in Vista, though, they are slowly being worked out. I find that most companies should not think about switching to a newer operating system until service pack 1 becomes avaible, and even then, not until you've tested each of your programs on it.

Be aware that as of January 1, 2008, you will not be able to buy Windows XP anymore, per Microsoft. Microsoft will still support XP, just not sell it.

With this in mind, you may want to start planning your conversion to Vista soon, or purchase enough licenses for XP that you may need until you do move to Vista.

CleanFuels, Quickbooks 2007 runs from Vista. See the Quickbooks website for more, http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/vista/

RE: Vista and Office 2007 - Microsoft's Next Generation

CleanFuels — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:34:33 GMT

As a business owner, I plan on being EXTREMELY cautions about shifting to Vista. Word has it that Vista is not compatible with Quickbooks, which is a scary prospect for a business machine. If such a mainstream package has compatibility issues, what else lurks with other more industry-specific software?

I look forward to upgrading once the bugs are worked out, but for now XP works just fine.

RE: Vista and Office 2007 - Microsoft's Next Generation

ScubaDive — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:48:43 GMT

I liked this article also. Thanks lovemyPYP for letting me know that you are having troubles. I may just wait til I buy a new computer.

RE: Vista and Office 2007 - Microsoft's Next Generation

lovemyPYP — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:47:18 GMT

This is a great artticle for anyone considering a change. I recently switched to Vista for personal use, and there are lots of things that still don't work properly for me. I'm still troubleshooting. I'm glad that I learned some lessons on my personal computer before embarking on a change for business purposes, because the impacts would be magnified.

RE: Vista and Office 2007 - Microsoft's Next Generation

akgold — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:15:05 GMT

This is a helpful article. It's always a hard decision knowing when to upgrade to the newest operating system. It seems like Microsoft made a lot of helpful improvements. I use both Macs and PCs for my business and it's great to see both operating systems improve. Apple has definitely raised the bar on visual interface and features for an operating system. I'm looking forward to checking out Vista in action.