NIST bans Vista

[AC0H]

Link4U (http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198000229)

[N5UBL]

I worked with the BETA version and it barely ran on a system with the most up to date hardware.

I work as a web-based applications architect for a Fortune 500 company and the IT Potentates have outright banned MS Vista and Explorer 7 from ALL workstations within the enterprise.

[n2ize]

Ditto for my place of business as well. No further upgrades to Vista will be permitted on existing workstations until further notice. It's just been too problematic.

[kf6rdn]

It's running great on my Dell Xps1210 notebook, including games and all that crush with XP.

But I still don't trust it.

[ka5piu]

Hello.

On the bright side, Microsoft is selling a lot of Macs.
The prices of laptops just bumped up nearly $200
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore

[n6hcm]

this is old news, and it's not like NIST is the only gov't agency or business to ban vista until all their information technology folks can wrap their heads around it.

[AB8XA]

Even MIT is holding off (http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/winvista/fastfacts.pdf) at least this semester. #It's the default on my office PC that dual-boots ubuntu, and I have it as a Parallels VM, along with XP Pro using a Boot Camp partition, and ubuntu on my office Mac (my primary computing tool). #My MacBook at home only has XP Pro/Boot Camp in Parallels, and my Dell notebook at home remains XP Pro. #At this point, Vista is just a development and testing environment for us, and we'll be mainly an XP Pro environment for a long time to come.

[edit] Yes, I'm aware Boot Camp 1.2 now supports Vista, but if I'm going to put Windows on a Mac, it's because I absolutely HAVE to have something work. #XP Pro is still the best solution for that at this time.

[n6hcm]

Quote[/b] (AB8XA @ Mar. 31 2007,06:28)]Even MIT is holding off (http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/winvista/fastfacts.pdf) at least this semester. I
well, sure ... all the athena tools have to be ported over, ...

of course, i fully expect students (and SIPB types) to totally blow this off and have their own ports of the requisite tools by now).

[kf6rdn]

Yes, most larger corporations or entities don't adopt any new technology/OS/mainstay application early. Not without it being throughly test labbed out.

[W3MIV]

I am running Vista on a new HP Pavilion. Intel e6600 dual with 4 GB of RAM and 250GB RAID 1 setup.

Though Vista is full of gremlins, they have been "self-correcting" for the most part. I have had no internal hardware issues (which I would not expect to have since the thing was built for Vista), but I have encountered a number of software issues that will not be resolved until those programs are specifically adapted to Vista.

Open Office 2.2 works flawlessly with Vista (so far #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif #), and I have had no issues with PhotoShop or Illustrator CS2 or ACDSee 9.x.

Epson has drivers for my scanner, but SilverFast's supposedly "Vista-ready" software will not work. Worse, #HP (ironically) does not yet have a working driver for my printer and I have to use a work-around that lacks some features, the worst of which lacks is automatic duplex printing.

I think once MS gets out a service pack -- and the software/hardware folks get theirs acts together -- Vista will end up a winner.

[W1GUH]

Quote[/b] (W3MIV @ April 03 2007,05:24)]I am running Vista on a new HP Pavilion. Intel e6600 dual with 4 GB of RAM and 250GB RAID 1 setup.

Though Vista is full of gremlins, they have been "self-correcting" for the most part. I have had no internal hardware issues (which I would not expect to have since the thing was built for Vista), but I have encountered a number of software issues that will not be resolved until those programs are specifically adapted to Vista.

Open Office 2.2 works flawlessly with Vista (so far http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif ), and I have had no issues with PhotoShop or Illustrator CS2 or ACDSee 9.x.

Epson has drivers for my scanner, but SilverFast's supposedly "Vista-ready" software will not work. Worse, HP (ironically) does not yet have a working driver for my printer and I have to use a work-around that lacks some features, the worst of which lacks is automatic duplex printing.

I think once MS gets out a service pack -- and the software/hardware folks get theirs acts together -- Vista will end up a winner.
You address a question. Are the problems with Vista happening on just machines that were running something else and got upgraded, or all machines, including new machines that were designed for Vista?

I'm past due for a new machine, and I'm encouraged by the two posts that say Vista is running fine on their new machines.

I get the impression that Vista really needs some good hardware to support it (I'd never even think of putting it on this ancient Inspiron 8200), and it seems likely that upgrading an old machine is a very bad idea.

So....when it comes time for that shiny new hot-shot Dell, should I worry if I can only get Vista for it?