Comments on: Vista: Setting Some Boundaries http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/09/28/vista-setting-some-boundaries/ The Adventures of JR, Jenny, Olivia, Molly, Violet, and Red. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: drozmonkey http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/09/28/vista-setting-some-boundaries/#comment-123 drozmonkey Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:01:12 +0000 http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/09/28/vista-setting-some-boundaries/#comment-123 <p>Vista is still in testing and is scheduled to release in early 2007. The overall goal of my review of Vista will hopefully answer all of these questions. As with most things, the answers aren't clearly black or white. Depending on how old your existing PC is and its specifications, it may be more economical to invest in a new PC with Vista. Windows also has tools to evaluate your PC to tell you if your PC meets the minimum requirements and warn you about possible program incompatibilities. </p> <p>As for Windows XP, it will still be widely used even after Vista is released. I've got all of my recommendations detailed in the <a href="http://www.drozmonkey.com/technology/">Technology</a> section.</p> Vista is still in testing and is scheduled to release in early 2007. The overall goal of my review of Vista will hopefully answer all of these questions. As with most things, the answers aren’t clearly black or white. Depending on how old your existing PC is and its specifications, it may be more economical to invest in a new PC with Vista. Windows also has tools to evaluate your PC to tell you if your PC meets the minimum requirements and warn you about possible program incompatibilities.

As for Windows XP, it will still be widely used even after Vista is released. I’ve got all of my recommendations detailed in the Technology section.

]]> By: Mom http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/09/28/vista-setting-some-boundaries/#comment-122 Mom Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:45:31 +0000 http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/09/28/vista-setting-some-boundaries/#comment-122 Is Vista available to replace Windows XP or is it still in the trial stage? And, if it's available, how much does it cost? Do all of the current programs I have installed run on Vista? Any downside to switching? I'm asking because you know how slow our computer runs now--I want to have "the Fenton" work on "cleaning it up" if I can get him to come out! If he "redoes" our machine, what other safeguards (other than the administrator rights) can we use with XP to make sure we keep things running smoothly from now on? Is Vista available to replace Windows XP or is it still in the trial stage? And, if it’s available, how much does it cost? Do all of the current programs I have installed run on Vista? Any downside to switching?

I’m asking because you know how slow our computer runs now–I want to have “the Fenton” work on “cleaning it up” if I can get him to come out! If he “redoes” our machine, what other safeguards (other than the administrator rights) can we use with XP to make sure we keep things running smoothly from now on?

]]> By: From the Lyons Den http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/09/28/vista-setting-some-boundaries/#comment-121 From the Lyons Den Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:02:53 +0000 http://www.drozmonkey.com/2006/09/28/vista-setting-some-boundaries/#comment-121 Well, as a concerned parent, I have to say that the boundaries are nice. Yet nothing can compare to sitting next to your children and just knowing what they are doing. I realize that my kids are pretty little yet, but they already know what is and is not appropriate. Even my 7 year old can determine which winks are not alright to download. We are logged in as a limited user and it has saved us some software instalations that we might have done, but didn't need--as grown ups. I am all for the controls, but in many homes, the children are the ones running the controls. Where we are a lot of homes might not even have internet, and many that do are still on very slow dial-up. For lots of parents, they know about computers only what their children teach them. When you figure out how to control what the weird man behind me at the grocery store is telling my 2 year old, let me know. He learned quite a mouthfull the other day-no technology involved. Well, as a concerned parent, I have to say that the boundaries are nice. Yet nothing can compare to sitting next to your children and just knowing what they are doing. I realize that my kids are pretty little yet, but they already know what is and is not appropriate. Even my 7 year old can determine which winks are not alright to download. We are logged in as a limited user and it has saved us some software instalations that we might have done, but didn’t need–as grown ups.
I am all for the controls, but in many homes, the children are the ones running the controls. Where we are a lot of homes might not even have internet, and many that do are still on very slow dial-up. For lots of parents, they know about computers only what their children teach them.
When you figure out how to control what the weird man behind me at the grocery store is telling my 2 year old, let me know. He learned quite a mouthfull the other day-no technology involved.

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