Vista Downsides
I’ve written about the good about the new Windows Vista, but what about the bad? My first suggestion is to wait about a year until the bugs are out, or at least most of them. When using the Vista Upgrade Advisor (downloadable at the microsoft website), it likes to not tell the full truth. It may tell you that some device is compatible with Vista, then drivers are not available. Others may require some software changes and others just do not work. Some software does not work with Vista. I’ve read about how iTunes is not Vista compatible, but I’ve been running iTunes on Vista since I first installed the new Operating System. I did run in to problems with conflicts between my modem and my video card which causes the unwanted Blue-Screen-of-Death (BSoD). This took quite a bit of work to get all, or most, of the kinks out, but it is a good operating system under all of the current bugs. So, it is advisable to wait at least until the first service pack is released to go and buy a new Vista-Ready computer with your version of Vista.