1 post tagged “vista”

New Computer #1

I threw in the towel on my work machine, after a series of ineffectual attempts by our outsource IT firm to fix whatever was ailing it. I felt all along I needed to just start over, do a complete clean install of everything from the OS on up. So I did that today. Now I'm running a clean (Vista) machine and my new system is about 90% of where it needs to be. However, getting it that way pretty much sucked up a whole day. But it needed to be done.

New Computer #2

Tomorrow, my new iMac arrives and I'll face a similar installation & setup task for my home machine. It's funny how I'm upgrading to both Vista and Leopard in the same week. After I get everything working on the Mac side of my new iMac, I'll install Vista on that. That will give me the flexibility to work at home without dragging my work "laptop" home. (Our work laptops are the butt of many a joke given their girth and weight.) The main thing I need on Windows is Visio, which is where I do the bulk of my design work. I think it will seem very strange to see Windows running on a Mac.