Consumers will get a hold of it in Q1, 07. In the past three releases of Windows -- 3.0, 98, XP, I have waited a good six months to a year before upgrading. That gave Redmond, Washington time to "fix the bugs". In the case of VISTA, I think the benefits are fantastic, and mostly security related that it is worth my time to upgrade to it during Q1 of next year.

Some of the industry professionals are raving about it. Others are taking a "wait 'n see" approach. I have read of one IT professional who has let his 7-year-old run Vista "locked down" and without anti-virus software. I am sure the guy works for Microsoft.

Humm... IF that can be done with a 7-year-old, then I need to take this seriously. BTW, this is NOT to say that you should *not* run an anti-virus product on Vista. Since I like to sleep well at night, and I am sure you do too, having the old saying at your side is good --Remember? An ounce of prevention is worth... Yes, that one.

Ok, so the answer to the question: Will VISTA be worth the trouble? IF you don't depend on your pc as I do and follow the basic precautions, perhaps not. You should wait until you get a new pc and upgrade at that time. However, if your life and livelihood depend on it, as it does for me, then by all means it is a good step up.

Of course, moving to VISTA is not cheap. It has fantastic media (video) rendering abilities and to take advantage of that my high-end workstation (I have built my own pc for 15 years) will need to have the following: 4 gig of Ram, latest SATA HD's, one or two video cards, at least 750W of power and a good size monitor. I still use a old type of "tube" and this may be a good time to add something flat and bigger.

I should add that I usually build a computer with 2 CPU's and now the DUAL CORE CPU's solve that problem. I could add a second CPU and have a 4-Core system, but I don't that that is going to do anything special other than add nearly $800 to $1000 to the PC. The problem is that beyond 2 cores, most software cannot handle the capability.

It would be like driving around a retirement community in a Corvette --what's the point? I suppose if you are 80-something and looking to pick up "chicks" that fine. Otherwise, it's a set back to life.

Now I am warmed up... To the days' tasks:

Yesterday I started writing about the best investment strategies for the 20 or 30 somethings. Today I'll put that on hold a bit because of time and mention the second part of that discussion.

I think the next best investment is a home-based business that helps someone who works part-time or has extra time during the week earn a second income. These days such a business is very easy to run from the pc. In fact, for a nurse or pilot or flight attendant, firefighter, etc. (I suppose I could come up with 100's of examples of people who don't work a 9-to-5 routine) it's a perfect way to earn an extra income to pay for a vacation, pay down a mortgage even quicker or build up a retirement fund much faster.

At the end of the day, the name of the game is to earn more than what you spend on such a business. Hopefully, a lot more. And this is where one has to be very careful --often what may seem like an inexpensive business venture can turn out to be a big hole in the wallet.

What I have done at Maxsimo.NET and the various tools that are part of the network is to provide valuable insight regarding revenue from such programs.

I will take the first part of this discussion, from yesterday, add a second page from the idea above and post it at STEP 9 (I think) at the Maxsimo.ORG site. The idea is to add revenue from the Google ads, as financial related ads pay a lot better.

Now my time allocated to an update is done. Yesterday I worked out late, then got almost 8 hours of sleep. Now I am ready to 'battle'... Got to go. Carpe Diem. Sam.

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