Windows users contemplating the cost of upgrading to Vista may need a fatter wallet than they thought. Besides shelling out for faster hardware, users should expect to pay for Vista upgrades for many of their favorite Windows software.
Rather than releasing free patches to update existing versions, leading vendors such as Adobe Systems, Symantec, and Intuit are choosing to add Vista compatibility only to new releases or still-in-development future products. Most of these new versions will add significant features along with Vista compatibility. And, vendors will argue, if Vista compatibility is a new feature, what's unfair about packaging a new feature only in new versions of their software, rather than going back and patching aging versions nearing the end of their product life cycle?
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News source: PCWorld
Rather than releasing free patches to update existing versions, leading vendors such as Adobe Systems, Symantec, and Intuit are choosing to add Vista compatibility only to new releases or still-in-development future products. Most of these new versions will add significant features along with Vista compatibility. And, vendors will argue, if Vista compatibility is a new feature, what's unfair about packaging a new feature only in new versions of their software, rather than going back and patching aging versions nearing the end of their product life cycle?
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So there are indeed some costs adding up when you need those upgrades just to run on Vista, even if the previous versions work fine for you and you wouldn't need the upgrade. So either you splurge for all the updates to go to Vista, or you stay with XP.
People for whom their computers are their hobby will no doubt upgrade, but for those (the majority) now for whom a computer is a box like their telly, they will not upgrade on a whim...
Adobe products don't work very well on Vista, actually... e.g. Adobe Reader has a serious memory leak on Vista.
vista is an over endorsed os that has caused nothing but problems since its release, eg: invalid user regis keys.. and over the top software charges..wots the point?
to top it Microsoft spent 5 whole years.. to come up with Vista.... WELL DONE..REALLy..u've outdone yourself COPYING
OSx10 from apple.......for all those who like the ''COPY KAT'' os.... you're in for one bumpy ride..good luck!
my comment...remove vista..scrap it...its a P-O-S....
XP is stable..and my favourite...
I FEEL MICROSOFT HAS REALLY CrOSSED THE LINE THIS TIMe...
Please don't be so petty to make disparaging personal comments when the poster may very well not speak English as their primary language, and may even be a young kid. Cut people some slack, and maybe comment on the points of their post rather than stooping to ad hominem.
Please don't be so petty to make disparaging personal comments when the poster may very well not speak English as their primary language, and may even be a young kid. Cut people some slack, and maybe comment on the points of their post rather than stooping to ad hominem.
well tell that to the U.S. Department of Transportation, lol
well tell that to the U.S. Department of Transportation, lol
Someone obviously did, which will be one reason why they banned upgrading to Vista (along with IE7 and Office2007).
DLW
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