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Hi All,
I got Vista with a new Dell laptop in late Feb this year just a few months after it was released. I asked for XP (pleaded actually) but no dice -- Vista or no sale. I was assured it would all be okay.
They told me lies.
I had two months of unmitigated heartache. The program they supply to drain everything over from old to new wouldn't work (Easy share ? -- what a misnomer!). The Beta version of that application didn't work either. It only worked with US based PCs. It had an _expert_ IT guy completely baffled. We ended up doing things the old fashioned way with DVDs and a cross-over cable.
Megastar loaded fine.
Deepsky (database/logbook/mapping application) had all sorts of issues that took 3 weeks to resolve before it would load and run.
Wouldn't load Realsky CDs at all (legit authorised version) -- just refused to read 'em. Had to drain all those data files over from another PC with a cross-over cable.
Refused to speak with the epson printer/scanner (driver probs). Driver for the Dell installed DVD burner had a conflict as well.
Several of the other Dell installed applications refused to work with it and caused it to crash. It cost 8 weeks of heartache to sort 90% of the issues out by which time Dell realised it had a serious problem and then gave people the choice once more to run XP -- too late for me.
It was a 100% pain in the you know what. Now works quite well but, what a hassle!
Best,
Les D
Contributing Editor
AS&T
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