We tested Vista on two platforms, a Toshiba Satellite Notebook with 704MB DRAM, Intel 1.5Ghz Intel Celeron CPU, and a Polywell 2200S server with two AMD Athlon 64 CPUs and 4GB of DRAM. We used an ISO DVD to install both on both machines and found no incompatibilities. Each machine was connected to a DLink gigabit Ethernet switch and a 4Mbit/sec Internet connection. We tested compatibility (simple logon) to Windows 2003 Enterprise Server, SAMBA 3.02 (RedHat Linux ES 4.02 on an HP DL140, Apple MacOS 10.4 on Xserve, SuSE EL9 on an HP DL140, NetWare 7 on an HP DL140 and others) as well as peer connectivity to Windows 2000 Professional/XP SP2 and others.
We tested file search and sharing capabilities, installed several applications to test UAP, and found that some applications were correctly handled while others slipped by the protection scheme. Searches using metadata tags were fast and were easily organized. We used Word documents, pictures and binary files with added tags to successfully aggregate content searches. We also tested RSS through subscription to sites using RSS 1.0 to 1.22.
