Are Vista and Office 2007 for You?

ComputerWorld has an article about the pros and cons of continue the upgrade trail with Vista and Office 2007.

I've been talking about this for a while. Upgrading to Vista or Microsoft Office 2007 or both is not to be undertaken lightly.

Here's the deal in a nutshell.

• Vista isn't going to just run easily on the same hardware you've got.
• Office 2007 means lots of money and  retraining.
• Skipping the Microsoft upgrades, and going to Linux and OpenOffice means little or no money for the software and hardware, and retraining.

So....what works for you and your organization?

Note: If you're a school or otherwise on a limited budget, are you sure that's the best way to spend the money, especially on the hardware you have now? Here's a blog from a Vista beta tester, The Tech-Savvy Teacher.

 

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