Digital BW, The Print

Sam McCandless wrote:
> 
> 
> On Feb 3, 2007, at 4:06 AM, Andre Moreau wrote:
> 
>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>, "markebrauer"
>> <markebrauer@...> wrote:
>>> ... I'd like a relatively recent printer as I expect to move to
>>> Vista soon ...[snip]
>>
>> ... I ... think that I'll wait for Service Pack 1 (SP1) before I
>> even consider it. ...[snip]
> 
> Could you combine these two migrate-to-Vista strategies if you have
> two hard disks in a Vista-ready computer? I.e., continue to run XT on
> one hard disk and print to your old printer from it, but also install
> and start to run Vista on the other hard disk and print to a new
> printer from it when drivers for it become available for Vista? That
> is, don't switch from XT to Vista, just let Vista gradually out grow
> XT while you gradually learn how to use Vista instead?

Technically, yes.  The machine I'm posting this from is running Windows XP,
and Windows Vista (Beta2) installed on an alternate disk drive.  I have no trouble
dual-booting Vista and XP, and each can access files in each other's filesystem.
However, it's unwieldy and, while I expect to upgrade to Windows Vista, it
won't be before my peripherals are supported (Epson R2400 and Nikon LS9000 are
the key ones, and Epson 4490 is desirable).  Application support for Vista is
still spotty; at least the Java plug-in in Firefox kicks Vista out of Aero mode,
for example.

I'm still primarily running Windows XP.

Dana