so Vista is readily available now- my computer, while three years old, is fully capable of running vista
(2 gig ram, two 3.3ghz processors, ATI radeon 9800 graphics...)

but if i upgrade to vista then:

Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2006
3D Studio Max 7.0
Rhino
Nero
(my livelihood- an architect)
will all fail-crash and burn

so to upgrade to vista will cost me roughly $4-5000

looks like i'm stickin to XP pro a bit longer.

 

just like newly designed trucks I would wait awhile, until they fix the bugs, and believe me vista will have bugs, swarms of them. give it a year.

 

One thing I saw was that MS is not announcing what software does and doesn't work with it, like they did with XP. Tells me that not much does work with it.

 

i didn't know you were an architect too

what do you do?

 

actually i just graduated with my masters in architecture- in the job search now!! -i'm an AI-2 w/ 3.5yrs experience- my experience is in private/public commercial, a little hospitality. i want to do it all, custom residential would be awesome once i have my stamp

what do you deal with?

 

that's cool man, what areas are your considering with the job search?

i'm in hospitality design and occasionally do some commercial

 

i've got good interest out of a firm in Aspen, CO (the offer will have to be premium for me to really consider this one--for obvious reasons lol)- my old firm in Atl. is highly interested, am going down to meet with them in a couple weeks- there is a firm in San Diego that would like to sit down with me- and there might be a firm a little north of me, but pay around here is kinda low i've found, so if they follow the montana avg, I will probably pass them over- im pretty much open to everywhere-

 

do you see yourself as more production or design oriented?

 

as of right now, with my experience and my education, I'm most comfortable with production, not to say that I don't want to 'design'- in group projects as an undergrad, I found myself most helpful with furthering a design, making it better rather that providing the initial catalyst. Once I have a catalyst (either a client's vision, or given project circumstances) I can really contribute-- obviously with more design experience comes better design, strength...

 

Hey I work for a "Major" curtainwall installer in Atl. Who'd you work for?

Dave

 

Hill Foley Rossi & Associates- Duluth/Gwinnett- North Fulton co's