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Dell Warns of Vista Upgrade Challenges

Posted by kdawson on from the if-not-putting-on-the-brakes-at-least-getting-off-the-accelerator dept.

Mattaburn writes with a story up on ZDNet UK reporting that Dell is warning businesses of the migration challenges that lie ahead as they move to Vista. The article notes what an unusual step it is for a company of Dell's size to be "toning down its sales pitch for Microsoft's Vista operating system" — particularly because "one of the issues the hardware vendor is warning business about is the extra hardware they will need to buy." Quoting: "'They need to be looking at the number of images they will be installing and the size of these images,' said Dell's European client services business manager, Niall Fitzgerald. 'A 2GB image for each user will have a big impact.'"

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  1. Migration... by Jaaay · · Score: 5, Informative

    The hidden migration problem is with multi-billion dollar companies who you'd assume would update their drivers. When I upgraded to vista I had to use xp drivers for my current model HP laserjet with a workaround I found searching on google. This is the kind of unprofessional stuff that companies wont be doing so waiting probably makes sense because a lot of equipment you can buy now brand new still has no drivers.

  2. Re:so what will this mean... by j.sanchez1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    According to this, MS will continue to support XP until April 8, 2014. I'm sure most companies will be into Vista long before that date comes.

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  3. A sysadmins POV by Shadowruni · · Score: 5, Informative
    I played with Vista in a production capacity and I'll only move at gunpoint. Here's why:

    I must use a server for administrative work. (yes, I know I can use registry tricks to make ADUC work but I shouldn't have to)

    I can't run multiple monitors on my existing hardware that's certified for Vista, using the recommended drivers, configed the way MS said to.

    I can't easily change the NIC binding order.

    The sidebar thingy moves on it's own.

    Eats my notebook's battery like Pez.

    Decides my network is a new one that it's never seen before at random... hence network number 12!

    This is just what I could think of in 10 seconds.

    It's not a bad try but I see this as the ME of XP. I'll move when I have no choice... but at this point we're simply buying machines without OS and imaging or wiping them. We don't HAVE to upgrade and I'm not planning to for a REALLY REALLY REAAAAAALLLLY long time.

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