U.S. DOT Ban On Windows Vista, Explorer 7, and Office 2007

Citing concerns over cost and compatibility, the top technology official at the federal Department of Transportation has placed a moratorium on all in-house computer upgrades to Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system, as well as Internet Explorer 7 and Office 2007, according to a memo obtained Friday by InformationWeek.  Summary

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Switcher Reports

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Vista Reviews....

Network World: Need a new PC for Vista? Switching to Mac may cost less and give you more - March 16, 2007
BusinessWeek: Microsoft’s Windows Vista is ‘slow and dangerous’ - March 15, 2007
Analyst: Microsoft’s Windows Vista is very good for Apple Mac - March 13, 2007
Windows sufferer spends six hours trying to ‘upgrade’ to Vista, says: ‘I should’ve bought a Mac’ - February 07, 2007
Windows Vista woes push BBC News editor to regret never having ‘defected’ to Apple Mac - February 06, 2007
Digit: Don’t buy Vista; Microsoft may be driving millions to stick with XP or move to Apple Mac - February 05, 2007
TIME Magazine: Microsoft’s Windows Vista ‘an embarassment to the good name of American innovation’ - February 02, 2007
Microsoft’s Windows Vista: Five years for a chrome-plated turd - January 30, 2007
Digit: ‘Microsoft’s Windows Vista may be the best reason yet to buy an Apple Mac’ - January 29, 2007
Pioneer Press: Windows Vista shows ‘Apple is an innovation engine; Microsoft, not so much’ - January 29, 2007
Windows Vista disappoints, so get a Mac - January 29, 2007
Analyst: Microsoft’s Windows Vista could be an opportunity for Apple - January 26, 2007
CNET Reviews Windows Vista: Is that all? Clunky and not very intuitive vs. Mac OS X; warmed-over XP - January 24, 2007
Mossberg: Microsoft’s Windows Vista offers lesser imitations of Apple’s Mac OS X features - January 18, 2007
Windows Vista disappointment drives longtime ‘Microsoft apologist’ to Apple’s Mac OS X - January 17, 2007
InformationWeek Review: Apple’s Mac OS X shines in comparison with Microsoft’s Windows Vista - January 06, 2007
NY Times’ Pogue reviews Microsoft’s Windows Vista: ‘Looks, Locks, Lacks’ - December 14, 2006
Microsoft’s Windows Vista is basically Microsoft’s version of Mac OS 9.3 - October 11, 2006
Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard is 64-bit done right, unlike Microsoft’s Windows Vista kludge - August 14, 2006
Microsoft Windows Vista: If you can’t innovate… try to impersonate Apple’s Mac OS X - August 10, 2006
Analyst: Apple’s new Mac OS X Leopard sets new bar, leaves Microsoft’s Vista in the dust - August 08, 2006
Microsoft botches another copy job: Windows Vista Flip3D vs. Apple Mac OS X Exposé - June 26, 2006
Windows Vista rips-off Mac OS X at great hardware cost (and Apple gains in the end) - June 13, 2006
Computerworld: Microsoft Windows Vista a distant second-best to Apple Mac OS X - June 02, 2006