I have heard so many rumors about Windows Vista, so I thought about giving it a try. I started testing Vista during the beta testing but lost the flow due to other endeavors. During the testing phase I realized that it did not comply with all the third party products, especially the device drivers. I bought my new HP Pavilion dv6000t Notebook preloaded with Windows XP professional in sep 2005. I was unlucky in getting a free upgrade copy of Vista from HP as they only offered it to people who bought the machine after sep 2005. Recently I got lucky as one of my good friend sent me free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate version (The most wanted..).

Installation Experience:
The Vista Upgrade Advisor did bring out issues with some of the softwares and device drivers on my laptop. After I backed up my data I went ahead with a clean install and the process went fine. The only issue I faced during the install process was setting up my webcam drivers. I had to dig into the WebCam manufacturers site for assistance. Finally I got it resolved with the help of Microsoft Vista Tech Support. Before that I was bounced by HP Tech Support because I had an unsupported OS on my machine.

Vista User Experience:
I was amazed by the graphical enhancement they made in Vista. Even though I have worked on MacOS I did find microsoft’s improvement in the OS really interesting. Im not sure what’s in store for future from microsoft. I have been a microsoft fan since 1994. Lately I have been trying out some open source OS’s, which in my view have really come a long way. They offer almost all the features but the only thing which bring Microsoft’s OS is their support.
I would shed more light on my Vista experience in my coming blogs. Stay tuned……