Caveat emptor
Posted by Mark Winegar on July 15, 2008
For the uninitiated this means “buyer beware!”
The buzz of the summer is Microsoft’s brand new operating system Vista. I couldn’t think of a more appropriate statement concerning it than caveat emptor.
If you are the IT guru at an institution of higher learning run as far away from Vista as you can. And fast! New versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system are like the sexy new cars our fathers warned us about. They were full of promises and looked great but they were all full of problems. Dad always said “wait a couple of years until they shake all the bugs out!” And he was right!
There have been lots of stories about all of the devices that stop working when you install Vista. They may be true. I don’t know. I do know that you want your students and faculty to come to a fully functioning campus. So, sit this one out for awhile and watch the agony of others.
If you really have to make a change junk out all of your PCs and replace them with Macs. Trust me on this. You won’t regret it.
