After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> Vista Is Still Plagued by Incompatibilities
>
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> | Nine months since its release, lots of hardware and software products still
> | don't work with Microsoft's operating system, including some that are
> | certified as Vista compatible.
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> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138693/article.html#

If you're running Vista and you need a multifunction printer,
Brother's MFC-5860CN might seem like a great choice. After all, it's
proudly sold as "Certified for Windows Vista."

But don't plan on scanning any documents to turn them into digital
files. The 5860CN is capable of doing that, but the optical character
recognition software that comes bundled with the printer, PaperPort 9
from Nuance, isn't Vista compatible. (Brother recommends that Vista
owners use Microsoft Office's Document Imaging feature.) And
the printer's Internet fax option? Forget about that, too. It works
with XP, but not Vista.

"But, but, I don't /have/ Microsoft Office!"

This kind of Vista support, says Jim McGregor, research director at
market research firm In-Stat, is more like torture by small
incompatibilities.

Pecked to death by ducks.

Consider the plight of Adobe Photoshop CS2 users who have upgraded to
Vista. That software still isn't fully compatible with the new
operating system. Adobe Photoshop CS2 customers have been asking
Adobe for a software compatibility upgrade without much luck, Swenson
says. "If you want Vista and you use Adobe CS, you are going to have
to buy the new CS3 version," Swenson says. Adobe CS3 ($649) is the
only version fully compatible with Vista. Upgrading from CS2 to CS3
costs $200.

Only a monopoly can survive this kind of debacle.