I was selected to be a beta tester for the windows operationg system, Vista, and it rocks!  The layout is great and it is a lot easier to use than even WinXP.  It does take a little bit to get use to because it changes where some personal folders are, but once I found them, it made perfect sense where Vista placed them.  I'm hooked already on it and I have been using it for a little less than 24 hours at this point.  But I can tell you that when it comes out you are really going to want to try this one! (No, I'm not getting paid by Microsoft or anyone else to pump up Vista, It really just a great system. HONEST!)  I realize that I have only been using it a very short time and that I am not even scratching the surface yet, but damn it's fun, easy and a lot easier on the eyes......

Butch

But what about Poser with Vista?

Actually it seems to work a lot better.  I have always had problems with poser, hanging up and just not working, (I have Poser 5), but it really does seem to do better in Vista.   I just rendered a scene that I had given up rendering under win XP because it always hung up, but not only did I render the scene, I am have rendered it a second time changing the camera angle, and no hang ups.  If for no other reason this would make Vista something that I would have to have!

thanks

I've been wondering about the compatability with existing programs and drivers. I remember that there were alot of problems when XP came out because hardly anyone had created XP drivers for their add-on hardware.

Poser may or may not run on Vista, the difference being that if you are testing a Vsta upgrade, many of the old drivers and other files will still be there. I have an old laptop that I upgraded from ME to XP. Some of the programs that will run on that machine will not run on my main computer, which was bought with XP already on it. Also I have heard that there are 6 different versions of Vista going to be available (only 5 to those of us in the UK), there may be compatability issuse with different versions.

Vista was supposed to be out ages ago, I think that one of the causes for the delays is that some of the governments had concerns over the improved security in the OS and wanted to have a "back door" put in so that they could still access any criminal activity the way they do now.

...and thus allow the continuation of great ways for scum to get onto your system with zombies, scripts, and virii... ;)

I'm starting to think that governments are the cause of all human ills.  Notice that their insistance on 'protecting us' usually leaves us more vulnerable and with less means.