New Vistas
I’m writing this post from my new computer. I must say that I’m quite impressed with the new machine, particularly the monitor. I can actually see stuff at its highest resolution because I can adjust the font sizes globally without messing up anything else. The fact that it has a high DPI and a bigger screen doesn’t hurt either.
As for the box itself, the thing that has struck me most is the silence. The fans are wicked quiet. However, this is the first machine that I’ve encounter that does not have any serial ports. This may become an annoyance when trying to set up my scanner, but I haven’t gotten that far yet. A friend gifted me with her husband’s old Palm (she got a new one and gave hubby her old one, the finest in recycling!) and the cradle uses a serial port; fortunately, there are adapters available.
It may take me a bit to get used to Vista. So far I’m having trouble locating stuff, and remembering where to find it later. Of course, this may just be a function of advancing age. I don’t have the fancy Aero interface, which, as noted previously, is fine with me. It is possible to make the interface look just like my old version of Windows which I may do until I finsh getting all my software ported over. Then, I can start fooling around.
Meanwhile, I’m off to use some wizards. See ya later, dudes and dudettes! 
February 9th, 2007 at 9:58pm
The newer machines have a thermostatically controlled fan that only runs when necessary after start-up. Mine comes on occasionally in the summer, but silence otherwise.
Have fun and post a complete review.