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Been using Vista Ultimate on my desk machine at work, and it's been very nice.
Widgets are very different than Gadgets, and I'm very much in love with the new Gadgets I downloaded on their site. Get off our Windows thread, mac fanboi! :-D
The issues I've had:
* Visual SourceSafe 6.0 wasn't compatible, and failed to install. I installed Visual SourceSafe 2005 with no problems.
* Logging onto an NT domain takes FOREVER. If I log on as local administrator, it takes about 3 seconds. If I log onto the domain, it takes between 2 and 3 minutes. I think this has to do with checking for IPv6 support, but I'm not sure how to disable it.
* VMware Workstation 5.5 is a bit unstable, and on first-boot takes 3-4 minutes to start the VM. The virtual Ethernet is disabled by Vista security, but if you re-create it, Bridged networking is fine.
After loading the first VM, the rest are fine and start immediately.
* A process-tracking system we developed in-house doesn't work at all, but I wasn't expecting it to. The programmer who designed it took about 2 days. I just use a VM with 2000 to run it.
Office 2007 is very nice, and the Outlook integration into my Start > Search is nice.
RDC and WinVNC seem to work fine, as well - in both directions.
A handful of in-house legacy apps also work just fine.
The most exciting parts are the Start Search, the awesome 3D chess game that comes with it (secretaries around the world are cheering), IPv6 support, the new security model, and of course - the gadgets.
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