Why not just sidestep the problem and switch to Mac?

I already have 3 Macs (one is running Windows XP) and 2 Ipods, and a very useless bunch of custom cables and soon to be power cords.

and I don’t want to be an American idiot.

>Why not just sidestep the problem and switch to Mac?

I think Vinnie and the article’s authors problems relate to upgrades. Buying a new machine would seem to be cheating. But if you want a new machine to run Vista then a Mac would likely be a good choice.

“and I don’t want to be an American idiot.”

But you’re upgrading to Vista? ;o)

Si, the new MacBook Pro and Bootcamp don’t support Vista the drivers are for XP and the sound, bluetooth, ControlPanel/startup disk and iSight Camera don’t work with Vista.

Virtualization software also isn’t really supported by Vista,
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/23/virtual.vista.ap/index.html

XP works fine.

My Vista machine is now a TV and games machine.

p.s. I have more than one computer and more than one operating system. I need all these systems for testing and other requirements. Machines they all are.

I was just venting. Even PC Magazine said that you shouldn’t upgrade to Vista if you want to keep your hair. They recommended that you wait until the hardware catches up with the graphics-intensive ui.

I have a Mac and a PC at home and all PCs at work. I’m the IT guy for 12 person operation. We will not be upgrading any time soon.

Long live Mac...

>We will not be upgrading any time soon.

Why not? Why wouldn’t moving to Macs work for your company? or are the PCs adequate for the 12 souls who have to use them every day?

Quick, name a Microsoft “upgrade” that went smoothly.

Wait for the hardware; wait for the service pack.

>Quick, name a Microsoft “upgrade” that went smoothly.

Almost every font update my team has produced. I can actually only think of three or four (out of hundreds) that didn’t go smoothly.

I suppose I should follow my own advice... Sidestep Microsoft and just get Macintosh. The Boss just can’t see fixing something that (to him) is “not broken.”

Sigh, what can you do?

>Sigh, what can you do?

If you were in Europe you and the other 11 people could form a union and go on strike.

Almost every font update my team has produced.

You are in charge of a Font Update Team at Microsoft? If you are, why can’t we organize our fonts into sets, why must we live in a linear world?

>why can’t we organize our fonts into sets

I thought you were an IT guy? You could try this or competing products.

Now this is really off topic, but since you question my software knowledge, I must clarify.

The above image is currently what Photoshop CS 2 spits out on my PC. It looks similar for Microsoft products. Here’s the challenge / question: Why can’t this list, within any program using common user-interface elements, have an organizable folder-font list?

Back on subject, it seems Vista also spits out a linear list of fonts.

I’m certain Adobe apps use custom controls on Mac and Windows. But that’s a question for Adobe.

Cheers, Si

Oh, look, more nonsense about Macs...