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A lot of people bash Vista. I am not sure why. A lot of these same people bashed 98, Me and XP when they came out too. (Now, Millenium Edition really did stink, but that's another story). I installed Vista Ultimate home about a year ago when it first came out. By day, I was a computer geek and wanted to try the newest and greatest. To hedge my bet, I made my dual core system a dual boot, keeping XP just in case. I use CS3 and a host of other programs photo related, all with no problems. Vista is as stable for me as XP ever was. I have not had to boot into XP in quite some time.
I have an Epson 3800 and a R200. The R200 is a bit problematic as the Epson software for that printer is not fully functional in Vista, or at least it wasn't a few months ago when I looked last. The ink management system does not work in Vista for that printer. The 3800 works wonderfully in Vista. Epson apparently does not want to take the time to make the R200 work, so occasionally I'll boot into XP to see what my ink levels are and replace any low tanks. I don't use that printer much, so its not a big deal. The only other software that Vista struggles with is Dr. Divx, a dvd to divx conversion program. Other than those two, I am not aware of any software that does not work with Vista that would be used by most photographers, including Nero, Photodex, Photoshop, DPP, Lightroom, Capture One, Qimage, Faststone Image Viewer, and Lumapix to name a few I use regularly.
There is a lot of hype and a few vocal disgrunteled Vista users out there, but every time I've asked what issues specifically they are having with Vista, I don't get any specific answers. Look, I am no MS fanboy, but I'll tell you like I see it. Vista works fine and there are a few nuances that take some time to learn and some older hardware may not work completely. For this last reason, if you are a large corporation in a production environment and all of your hardware works well with XP, then do not go to Vista. However, if you like to play with the newest stuff, then go for it.
I actually think it takes less time to install Vista than XP as Vista has so many more drivers built in that you will be amazed at how much of your hardware will work without having to do any more work installing drivers. As with any new install, I recommend a clean install vs. an upgrade (you can still use an upgrade disk, but just do a clean install).
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