Windows Vista migration
We are currently anticipating a migration to Windows Vista. However, various migration efforts to date have not all been very successful, and we are examining the following factors in particular:
- Hardware compatibility - Support for older, or less popular hardware can be poor. These include:
- Printers, especially multifunction and older inkjet devices
- Early laptop wireless cards
- External peripherals including non-USB card readers, digital cameras, scanners, etc.
- Software application compatibility - Support for in-house-written applications, older vendor-supplied applications, specialty industry applications, and those that integrate into Windows of Microsoft Office can have problems. These will have to be upgraded or replaced.
- Performance - We have found that Vista's CPU requirements are not very high. However, 1Gb of RAM is required, and 2Gb is preferred. Many older PCs have RAM limits, or the older RAM modules are expensive.
An upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 is planned in concurrence with Vista.
Virtual Desktop infrastructure
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