Windows Vista debuts tomorrow. Should business be in a hurry to adopt it?

A lot has been written about this recently. A Google search on “Vista” will get lots of reviews and opinions.

The bottom line is that if you are getting new PC’s – there is no reason not to get Vista on them. The only caveat is that you should ask your software vendors first if their products are ready to run on Vista.

Upgrading existing machines to Vista is probably not worth it for most. While Vista does have some compelling features, for the most part the time and effort and cost to install Vista, (including any costs for PC upgrades) outweighs the advantages.

The best place to be right now is to have PC’s that are near the end of their life cycle, and due for replacement late this year. That makes the upgrade to Vista easy, and gives some time for any production bugs to be worked out.

And when evaluating Vista, think about Office 2007, and Exchange 2007. Certain features in Vista – like unified messaging – may require upgrades to Exchange as well.