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I’m not too excited about upgrading to Vista from Windows XP Pro, even though I bought my laptop about a year ago. So, I’m going to wait and keep my daily use laptop as is!

Think about it. You need 512 MB of RAM just to run it. Every source I review shouts that it would be wise to pony up with 2 GB of RAM for acceptable performance. Holy cow. On top of this, you also need a good video card that supports DirectX  9.

If your video card is using “shared memory” that will hurt since your system RAM and video RAM drink from the same cup. I downloaded Microsoft’s Vista Upgrade Advisor from http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6122429.

It ran pretty quick and recommended that I upgrade only to Vista Business (not Ultimate!). It also flagged some of my hardward and software as potential troublemakers, should I choose to upgrade anyway. I’d run this tool before upgrading.

When a new OS is released, my usual plan is to let others work out its kinks over the next couple of months. This way, I avoid the pain and suffering when missed bugs appear - as they most certainly will.

If you’ve upgraded and have any comments about how it went or what you think, I’d love to hear them.

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