I'm thinking of getting a new laptop for school next year, and my school has a discount program for ordering laptops which has some pretty good deals... the only problem is that the only OS they sell on the laptops is vista. this would be fine, but all the software i have now is for XP. not wanting to spend the ridicules amount of money on new software bundles (remember... college student = little cash). i wanted to try and install all my old software. i did a little research and got back mixed results. some sites said vista is backwards compatible, some said it wasn't, and some said it was a program to program basis. My question is if i buy a vista notebook... will i have any compatibly problems ( stuff like MS office, Norton antivirus corporate edition, other misc software.) i have everything i need to do a fresh install of XP on any computer but i think it would be a shame to spend the extra money on Vista, only to have to wipe it out due to incompatibility.
Vista laptop question?symantic
it really does seem to be on a program to program basis, but most popular programs that had problems with vista are releasing fixes, or you can dl them from microsoft. i'd go with vista if you're buying new.. it will get better as time goes on. maybe you could haggle and get a software bundle with your new computer with all the newest programs you need designed to work with vista
Vista laptop question?viruses
I just got a new laptop with Vista and had the same concern. All of my software installed successfully.
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