From my friend Glenn Berry from his Blog "Glen Berry's SQL Server Performance"...
If you are running Windows Vista, you should consider applying these two updates from Microsoft.
First is the December 2007 Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update that fixes lots of issues with 3rd party and Microsoft applications. Second is "An update that improves the performance, responsiveness, and reliability of Windows Vista is available", which fixes issues with hibernation and improves disk I/O performance (by up to 15%).
Windows Vista continues to improve and mature.
Duh... It can't help but to improve! Am I going to download the updates? You bet! Like a cancer patient going to Mexico in hopes of the miracle cure, I am praying that the upgrade will miraculously convert my OS to XP or MAC OS "Leopard"! And like those desperate afflicted souls, I too am anticipating I will be disappointed in the outcome, and my Vista infliction will continue. Hmmm, wonder what the side effects will be?
In this political year where perception is EVERYTHING! Microsoft is losing the Perception War of quality and usability. Hell, Window's ME is looking appealing compared to Vista! I have been, as well as thousands of others, very frustrated with "Vista." It is cumbersome, slow, hogs the RAM, and I too have run into numerous incompatibility problems relating to installation and reinstallation of various software applications!
I just bought a Toshiba Satellite X205 T7100 1.8 w/2 gig of RAM. It has Vista Home Premium on it. Ohhh for XP! I have a severe case of "Buyer's Remorse," and I'm telling you my next computer acquisition is going to be a MAC! If I'm going to have to relearn an OS, it might as well be a GOOD OS!
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