Are you going to move to Vista?

[six_storm]

I will grab a copy for learning and testing purposes, maybe even put it on the ol' iMac instead of my test server. I wasn't real impressed with the RC1 so I'm not expecting much but I gotta know this stuff for later down the road.

[nmdelrio]

Gonna get it for testing on using my backup rig. Just to get the hang of it.

Will install it on my main rig when all bugs are dead, and surely not before 6 months after its initial release. I do ot trust Microsoft developers.

But eventually be using it in all my PCs.

[vowkilmer]

The ultimate deciding factor if someone should buy Vista or not, will be the overall pc performance and features in comparison to WinXP.

IMO the gaming performance will sway enthusiasts from DX9.0L to Vista and DX10.

If the difference is considerable then you will see a majority buy Vista.
If not considerable difrference at launch, over time M$ will have to find another way to get the masses to switch.

[|MaguS|]

I'll move when I know that my performance wont be in the ditch when I game or just surf the internet (so basically by the second service pack).

[nrdstrm]

I'll probably dual boot for a while. When all the bugs are out of vista and most games play fine, I'll get rid of XP...

[jcrox]

I'm waiting. As much as I want DX10, I will wait and see how gamers fair with this OS. With all the DRM garbage and the new licensing it sounds like this os might end up being a major pain in the rear. I tend to change motherboards, memory, CPU's and vid cards anywhere from 1 to 3 times a year and if this new licensing turns out to be that difficult I might actually give up on have the latest and greatest gaming stuff...might even give Linux a try.

[saturnotaku]

As soon as my free upgrade arrives in the mail, I'll be switching. :D

[jcrox]

Yeah, I get it free through school but, I want to wait and see if anyone attempts to upgrade and gets shut out and has to buy a new one before I put it on.

[DasFox]

Why get it if XP runs great. :D

[Redeemed]

I'll probably just pick up a copy of Vista Ultimate as soon as I can. I have three rigs that I'll be running it on. But first I'll just buy the one copy and try it out. If I'm impressed, then I'll get the other two copies for my other two computers.

[Q]

Why get it if XP runs great. :D

We'd still be running W2k if everyone had that line of thought! ;)

[FastRedPonyCar]

I'll probably dual boot for a while. When all the bugs are out of vista and most games play fine, I'll get rid of XP...

Same boat I'm in. My wife said she'd buy me the home edition upgrade for my birthday in may if I want it. hopefully SP1 will be out by then or close to it and I'll have all the drivers for my stuff I use.. till then, dual boot.

Creative still doesn't have drivers for my sound card yet though so I'm not in a rush.

[Stoneyguy]

As soon as my free upgrade arrives in the mail, I'll be switching. :D

Same here. (nana2)

[six_storm]

I changed my mind. I'm not going to buy Vista at least for a year. I already have XP . . . . what new is Vista going to provide for me? :D

[betterdan]

We got the Business Vista discs in at work and I installed it on a computer today with a P4 3 GHZ cpu, 512 ram and an integrated Intel vid card. It actually ran pretty well. Beautiful interface too (was using Aero). I was reluctant on getting it but after seeing it in action I have to say I really like it and am now thinking about getting it sooner than later.

[evilchris]

I love it. Installed Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 Ultimate and it's phenomenal. Runs perfect, and my system is merely average:

Pentium D 945 ( 3.4 GHz )
2GB DDR/533
GeForce 7600GT 256MB

Smooth as silk. I love the MCE features when used with my 360

[evilchris]

I'll move when I know that my performance wont be in the ditch when I game or just surf the internet (so basically by the second service pack).

Don't play PC games but surfing is faster for me.

[Demon_82]

Vista installs and runs for 30 days without s/n, by now I'm on the 12 day of Vista usage and it's been the most solid OS I've used ever. I only got it to crash messing with RAM settings wich I know cause memory failures, but by software I've been unable... XD

[grey_1]

I changed my mind. I'm not going to buy Vista at least for a year. I already have XP . . . . what new is Vista going to provide for me? :D
An upgrade from OSX.


:p Sorry six_storm. I HAD to. :p

[six_storm]

An upgrade from OSX.


:p Sorry six_storm. I HAD to. :p


Ouch there!

[Zeno]

I had considered it until I read this:

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt

Vista seems to be an upgrade made primarily for media content providers and comes with a lot of performance-sucking features that go against my interests as a consumer.

[evilchris]

I had considered it until I read this:

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt

Vista seems to be an upgrade made primarily for media content providers and comes with a lot of performance-sucking features that go against my interests as a consumer.

Looks like evilghost wrote that.

As an interested consumer, Vista's great.

[wnd]

If Microsoft didn't enforce their stupid activation thing I'd probably be buying Vista already, despite the price. Unfortunately they do, and I'm not a big fan of applications -- or operating systems for that matter -- that insist to call home.

Besides that I'm not particulary excited of OS that decides that I need a new licence if my hardware configuration changes "too much". How much is too much? I often upgrade my hardware little by little. Last week I replaced my CPU (still using my old motherboard). Would this have been a problem? I don't know. Sometimes FUD works this way too.

Having that said, I'll probably wait for "alternative" and more user-friendly way to install VIsta. Right now the only reason to get Vista is the talks about Flight Simulator X's ability to use multiple CPUs/cores with Vista, exclusively. Apart from FSX, I have no reason to upgrade my game-launching interface.