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AVGWarhawk
05-24-09, 10:30 AM
http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/05/20/21389-army-migrating-computers-to-vista/


Now they will suffer the BSOD when the computer is needed most :o:shifty:
SUBMAN1
05-24-09, 11:15 AM
No. Vista is stable.

Problem will come when they need to do something fast and all of Vista bloat will kill the performance. Oops. Too late. You are toast.

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AVGWarhawk
05-24-09, 11:26 AM
Well, they upgrade to Vista as 7 is just around the corner. I guess they will upgrade to 7 when 8 is just around the corner.
SUBMAN1
05-24-09, 12:02 PM
Well, they upgrade to Vista as 7 is just around the corner. I guess they will upgrade to 7 when 8 is just around the corner.

If I were upgrading, I would choose the established product that is proven for a mission critical app. Not the one that is brand new and shiny because it has bugs. They made the right choice.

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Bubblehead Nuke
05-24-09, 01:54 PM
They have waited for all the bugs to be worked out and to make sure they have application compatibility with their applications. The security benefits of the newer OS far outweigh the problems. Also, most of the computers that they use are pre-installed and locked down. They are going to be running preconfigured apps. They are not going to have user installation issues.

I am sure that once 7 comes out they will migrate much faster to that than they did to Vista. Most of the migration issues are not a factor as 7 is just Vista improved and cleaned up. The transition issues from Vista to 7 will be MUCH less than it would have been from XP to Vista RTM (no service packs).
SUBMAN1
05-24-09, 02:26 PM
I put in the infrastructure for a large company. That is my job. We cannot tolerate downtime due to bugs. Period.

We are still running 2003 if we have to put in a crappy Windows box. This is just an example. Solaris is where its at though.

XP is still the standard on the desktop too.

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Task Force
05-24-09, 02:38 PM
They will probably turn down the visual effects.:yep: and other stuff.
Skybird
05-24-09, 07:02 PM
I recommend not to have any wars in the next couple of years. :D
Reece
05-24-09, 07:33 PM
Now they will suffer the BSOD when the computer is needed most :o:shifty:
Well at least it's not NASA upgrading ... Houston, we have a problem!!:oops::D
longam
05-25-09, 03:37 PM
UAC should help the world stability

http://www.longam.net/sh4/womd.jpg
AVGWarhawk
05-25-09, 04:04 PM
:har:

That is priceless!
longam
05-25-09, 08:58 PM
:har:

That is priceless!

As long as there is no CTD we'll be alright! :haha:

Made it myself....:yeah:
SUBMAN1
05-26-09, 12:16 AM
That is the first thing I turn off when I had a Vista system. I of course upgraded to XP! :D

Not sure how those desktop guys deal with Vista. I stick to Enterprise infrastructure only though so its not my problem! :D:D:D

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