Vista Still Not Ready For Wealth Managers
Investment News prints the story of an advisor who attempted to upgrade to a Vista desktop, only to find out that much of his software doesn’t support Vista yet. He had problems with his Iron Mountain backup solution, as well as software for his Palm synchronization:
From the article:
“First, Iron Mountain told me they were not Vista-compatible [and that] I’d have to use my other desktop XP computer — the one that died, mind you — to salvage what was on Iron Mountain’s site.” On top of that, the company wasn’t offering any backup options for Vista PCs, so Mr. Krasney was forced to drop the service in favor of Washington-based Backup.com.
His travails didn’t end there. He was also stymied by a lack of synchronization support between his Palm Treo 650 mobile phone and the new version of Microsoft Outlook in Office 2007.
I also know that Advent APX doesn’t support Vista yet, although Schwab PortfolioCenter added Vista support with their 4.40 update. NaviPlan supports it too. Anything web-based should be ok, since that’s dependent on the browser, not the operating system.
But there are more factors to the decision, beyond ensuring whether specific pieces of software work. The consensus seems to be that Vista is flaky in general and definitely not ready for prime-time.
…an untold number of Vista users are unable to delete, copy and move files without interminable waits, in which the OS appears to be calculating the time the job will take. While most vexing for people working with files on a remote server, the glitch is also present when working with local files. Microsoft issued a hotfix, but it appears it was designed to repair a problem other than the one at hand. Or at least we hope, because it sure hasn’t fixed Vista’s Long Goodbye.
I’ve been using it on my new desktop and a laptop and haven’t had problems like that. I’ve been able to install every piece of software that I use. But if I were running a business and would lose money if my system went down, then I’d avoid Vista for now.
I’ll let you know what I think after I install the first service pack.
