Another Recommendation for TSSW's Vista Test
Don't jump into Vista with your eyes closed
Originally published on January 29, 2007
Last week I overlooked mentioning how Good Booters can obtain a PDF file of the Vista presentation by Brian Barnes, a User Group consulting technician. If you would like to download a copy, go to my News-Press blog at news-press.com > Opinions > Blogs > Business > Good Boot.
And to those Good Booters who e-mailed me they have no concerns about purchasing a so-called Vista-ready computer or upgrading their current computer to Vista, I'd appreciate knowing if after they read Brian's presentation and downloading and using Microsoft's Vista Upgrade Advisor whether or not they have had a change of heart.
You also may be interested to know that subsequent to last week's Good Boot, I received an e-mail from Jason K. Raza, president and chief executive officer of TouchStone Software Corp. in North Andover, Mass., suggesting I take a look at their Windows Vista readiness test and adviser.
I was so flattered by the fact they read Good Boot in Massachusetts, I went to their Web site vista-agent.com/ and gave their free Vista scan a try. As I suspected, I had quite a few drivers that required updating and could have had Touchstone download them if I were willing to subscribe to their driver download service. Note however, there's absolutely no obligation to subscribe to TouchStone's service if you decide to have your computer scanned.
Sadly, the bottom line is, according to Microsoft and TouchStone, my computer is no longer state-of-the-art and definitely not Vista-ready. What's more, even if I decide to update my current hardware drivers (which I will), to my knowledge there are no Vista drivers available for my peripherals (scanners, printers and external hard drives). Nor will they be available in the near future.
As this will be my last "be aware" Vista article before Vista's Jan. 31 release, I suggest that before you make any Vista decisions, you read Brian's article, do a Microsoft Vista readiness test as well as Touchstone's Vista Ready scan. Why not — it'll cost you nothing and may save you money and prevent post-Vista blues.
Best of all, you'll not have to endure my "I told you so."
My February seminar schedule is also posted on my blog.
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