RE: Experiences with VISTA

["Lukas Beeler" <l.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If your windows machines crashes three times during a day, then the
problem is most likely NOT windows.

a) Faulty Hardware (most likely your RAM, memtest86)
b) Virus/Spyware (check your security strategy)

Security Fixes once per month isn't that bad. And Microsoft Word is a
tool you will need to learn how to use it. You can't use it the same way
as an 8 year old Lotus Office Suite, or like OfficeVision/400. You will
need to learn on how to use such a tool to your advantage.

Save for some special circumstances, there's no real alternative to
Windows as a Desktop, and even Server OS for managing your Desktops. I
suggest you to learn to work with this platform, and learn to workaround
all those quirks.

Every platform has it's fair share of problems. i5/OS can't change the
link speed of an ethernet card while the interface is up, it can't do
full saves while the system is operating, and so on.

Just learn to deal with it.


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Allen
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:52 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Experiences with VISTA

Windows XP and Office 2003 are the last MS products that will be put on
any
computer of mine, I tracked my time yesterday at work (slow day) and I
lost
approx 1 hr total of "productive" time due to:

1.  The lovely I am MS Word I will reformat you document as you type
cause I
know all including what you want to do.

2.  Window focus changes as your typing

3.  3 reboots/lockups

4.  Install updates (AGAIN!!!!!)

Sorry MS is total BS, why does anyone even consider it a multi tasking
OS,
its still a single user OS with a windows front end, so it "looks" like
its
doing more than 1 thing

On 2/16/07, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I rest my case.  :-))
>
> Paul Nelson
> Cell 708-670-6978
> Office 708-425-4198
> nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 8:18 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Experiences with VISTA
>
> The December svc pack for latest iSeries Access has the Vista support.
> IBM has an apar on it in the iSeries Access home page.
> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/
> btw - i went to the MS Roadshow - 4 hours - we averaged 1 crash/reboot
per
> hour for what they were trying to demo. But did get a cd good for free
> download of Office 2007.
> jim franz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:45 PM
> Subject: RE: Experiences with VISTA
>
>
> > Have you got a 5.4 box? You can reach inside and upgrade your PC
from
> > there:
> >
> > /QIBM/ProdData/CA400/Express/Install/Image/setup.exe
> >
> > You will have a version with the service packs applied up to where
your
> > System i machine is at in terms of PTF's. Good luck. I'm going to
wait a
> > year for a Vista machine
> >
> > Paul Nelson
> > Cell 708-670-6978
> > Office 708-425-4198
> > nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of derhamj
> > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:35 PM
> > To: MidRange-L
> > Subject: Experiences with VISTA
> >
> > Got a new laptop yesterday with Vista and Office 2007. Has loaded
all my
> > business applications and WDSC just fine but it did not like iSeries
> > Access
> > V5R2. Is there a new download available or does anyone know of any
other
> > solutions to this problem.  Just feel I absolutely need iSeries
Access.
> > Jack Derham
> >
> > Direct Systems, Inc
> >
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