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October 29, 2008

10 Reasons to Deploy Windows Vista

With these great features, how can any company resist the switch?
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Executive Summary: Microsoft's Windows Vista has numerous features that make it worth upgrading to from Windows XP. Vista includes versatile image deployment, a faster desktop search, and a complete backup and restore tool. Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption, a new service program architecture, and Address Space Layout Randomization are Vista features that improve overall security.

At the tender age of a year and a half, Windows Vista remains the Rodney Dangerfield of Microsoft OSs—it don’t get no respect. And that’s a shame. Its biggest competitor (no, not Leopard—Windows XP SP3!) is darned good, but a close look will show that Vista is better in many ways. If you’re staying with XP because you’re satisfied with it, then great, but don’t avoid Vista just because your plumber’s cousin’s stockbroker heard that it was bad. Here are 10 reasons you should consider making the switch. . . .


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Reader Comments
Sorry Mark, but you are really reaching,I was expecting to read about some great reason to move to Vista, but I guess in all reality there is not one good reason, the ten reasons NOT to deploy more than outweigh the reasons to deploy, having to wait for vista to load is reason enough.

craigbrook January 09, 2009 (Article Rating: )


I have tried to install and use vista multiple times and so has my coworkers. We have run into many issues when troubleshooting problems with the network and other issues in our systems. It seems to us that Vista is more for the home user and does not provide the ability to troubleshoot like XP SP3 does.

wrwiii12 January 09, 2009 (Article Rating: )


I am running Vista 64bit with 8GB's of ram and it's awesome!! Unfortunately the same cannot be said abiout Vista 32bit.

Waiting for Windows 7 64bit.

ezakaria January 09, 2009 (Article Rating: )


Many of these "reasons" can be addressed with add-ons for XP, some free.

robin.penny@rbs.co.uk January 14, 2009 (Article Rating: )


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