I wonder if it is worth a poll to see how many people are better or worse off after installing Vista? I was one of those early adopters, but didn't realise I'd have to fork out hundreds of pounds to upgrade my commercial software, simply so it could be 'Vista compatible'. Worse than that, over Xmas my Vista-based laptop decided that it would become non-genuine for no obvious reason. I didn't even get the opportunity to re-enter the activation code or call Microsoft. Eventually, after trying a repair, it decided it would boot so far, tell me it was non-genuine, then reboot. Loop. Grr! I couldn't check my email, admin servers or write blog entries, until I was back in the office.

Guess what? I'm now using Leopard on my MacBook and I can do all my work and, if really must use Windows on the road, I've got Windows XP running on VMware Fusion for Mac. Absolutely no issues so far.

Microsoft Vista SP1 RC Refresh has recently been made available and, if you're having issues with Vista, it might be worth installing. We're not sticking it up for download on vnunet.com, yet, as it's not quite ready for prime-time. It's still a release candidate.

Microsoft Vista SP1 RC Refresh link.

14 Jan 2008