>>>Hi all,
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>>>I am still running on Windows XP for my development machine. I have dreaded upgrading since I use so many third party products and such. Has anyone had troubles with upgrading to from Windows XP to Vista with existing installs of development software?
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>>>What are the gotchas?
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>>>What about Vista x86 versus Vista x64?
>>>Tim
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>>You might want to go outside, pour gasoline on your arm, and light it instead. It will be more enjoyable.
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>>I've been running Vista since the first day it was RTM, and I have REALLY REALLY tried to like it.
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>>I finally gave up. I really despise it. It makes so many thing a pain in the a$$ that it isn't worth it at all (and we get it free).
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>I am actually upgrading this weekend. I don't do a lot of serious work on the machine I am upgrading. Any gotchas I should keep my eyes open for?

I upgraded my laptop from XP to Vista, and the only real upgrade issue was with my AVG antivirus, which claimed to be vista ready at the time. It wasn't, and it was a serious fight to get it uninstalled after the upgrade. That was back when Vista rolled out the door though - it should not be an issue now.

My complaints are with usability and wat a complete PITA it is.