There isn't a simple answer to this, but most problems with Vista seem to occur when upgrading older machines from XP. Newer machines, which were designed for Vista, seem to work well. Perhaps the best answer is to use Vista on new machines, but keep XP on old machines. As the old machines are replaced, the business will move (hopefully gracefully!) from XP to Vista.
no we cannot use the software designed for XP in Vista.
You can't.
Drivers written for Windows Vista are not backwards-compatible with Windows XP. Most hardware that has a driver for Vista should also have a driver for Windows XP.
Yes Vista, XP or 2000 must be on your personal computer if you want to use the full capabilities of the Vista GPS.
Either Windows XP or Vista can be installed on a Mac that uses an Intel processor - which is all of the recent ones.
The operating system for this netbook is Windows Vista Business, although it also comes with a media kit to downgrade to XP Professional if needed and includes disks for both XP Pro and Vista Business.
No, Vista is a later release than XP.
You should be able to as it will to it anyway. If there is no start up then just insert it into the XP OS and start from there.
Windows Vista DVD.
Yes, it should.
No. Obviously, if you upgrade to Windows Vista, you will have Windows Vista.
Ideally, Windows XP should be installed first, although it is possible to do it Vista-first.