[dba-Tech] Windows 7 or not?

We're going Windows 7 when we roll out our next batch of Laptops in June,
and the next batch of desktops in August. I've already got it on my desktop
at work (Lenovo M57, 2x2.33 ghz, 2gb ram) and it's running pretty smoothly.
The only thing I really can't stand about it is that the standard text size
for the Windows font is bigger than XP, so you can't fit as much on your
screen... And you can make it bigger, but no smaller.


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: 15 March 2010 20:43
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 7 or not?

The quandary of whether to rely on Windows 7 or not is going on in many
offices.

The other day I sat in on a round table discussion, at a client's, on
whether the desktop machines should be moved to Windows 7 or is there
alternatives. This was not a small client as their scope covers the entire
country and their installed base is 100K or more. In the last 8 years they
have moved from a Windows back end to a Linux/Unix one and now they are
discussion whether the desktop should be next.

I am of two minds on this. 

Here is a commentary from the senior editor of TechRepublic on that exact
subject: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=3917&tag=nl.e101

Jim

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