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Community weekly poll: Will you be installing Windows Vista?
- 1/30/07 4:24 PM
re: Windows Vista and the $200. pkg.
by midilang3 - 1/31/07 6:53 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I may upgrade from Windows XP, but it won't be until they get all the usual kinks out of the new Windows Vista. Personally, I would love to know alot more about it before I pay that high upgrade price for it. For us, at-home users, if it's something we can live and work without, why purchase it?
Time will tell, as I learn more about the new program whether or not I will make such a purchase.
Thanks for asking and taking the Poll..
midilang3
Installing Windows Vista...no thanks!
by jrkeis - 1/31/07 7:00 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I have XP Pro at home and at work and we still have people in our office (architectural firm) who still are running fine with W2000 and don't even know what XP is yet...not sure what is motivating Microsoft at this point...but to ask for more money just for something "new"...no thanks! I like to think of myself as tech savvy to a point, but only as a means to an end. And what of the people who barely have the power in their computers to run XP, they have to upgrade even more just to meet the minimum requirements? Hmmm...do I drive the minicar at under $20K or do I go for the Mercedes, just because?? They could be pricing themselves into extinction?!
Not Installing Vista
by realstuff4you - 1/31/07 7:00 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I'm not installing Windows Vista. I am very happy with XP Pro. XP handles my photos and misic quite well. If I were to become interested in Vista it would be at a time when I would be purchasing a new Computer.
RAM Florida
Installed in a Virtual Machine, prefer to continue to use XP
by rfoard - 1/31/07 7:01 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I installed Vista Professional in a Virtual Machine, but continue to power on XP when I need to use windows. Both OSes run in a vmware virtual machine on SUSE 10.2.
No Way!
by Harry V. Miller - 1/31/07 7:14 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I have had nothing but trouble from Microsoft products over the past years. Everything from Windows to Active Sync to Groove. Now I have even installed Groove 2007 and it will not import my old account (3.1 version) over to 2007. What a crock! I will be waiting and seeing what the verdict is on Vista a long time before I install it.
I'm sure I will be installing it somewhere...but not at home
by tmsimmon - 1/31/07 7:27 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
While eagerly waiting for Vista, my Dell died and I fixed it, then it died again, so I was fed up and moved to a MAC and OS 10.X and I have been computing without any problems for over a year now and doubt I will ever go back... as long as there is an Intel processor in my Mac... I will stay on this side. It rocks, I did take a Vista calss and it seems like Vista is trying to be more Mac like. I'm sure I will be installing it on friends and at work systems, but for me I'm looking forward for the next OS from Apple.
Vista?
by rjclark - 1/31/07 7:32 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I've talked to a number of computer professionals, and they say wait for 2-4 years before upgrading, MicroSquish will support XP at least that long.
Upgrading to Vista was a disaster
by markcalkins - 1/31/07 7:45 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I just tried upgrading my 1 yr old laptop to Vista (as a Microsoft ISV, mostly for testing purposes). First of all, it takes forever! About 2-3 hours. Second, a lot of things didn't work anymore. Third, my video card wouldn't support Vista Aero. After a day of trying to get things to work, including IE7, I gave up. I went back to XP.
Don't waste your time trying to upgrading laptops. Maybe a high end desktop that is less than a year old, but otherwise, forget it. Wait till you buy a new machine.
Mark
No need
by lhnorman - 1/31/07 7:46 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
When Microsoft reached a stable version of DOS with 3.3, they screwed it up with Dos 4.x. When they corrected this with DOS 5.0, they screwed it up with Dos 6.0. When they stabilized the GUI DOS with Win 98 SE, they screwed it up with Windows Millenium. Now that they have the non-DOS GUI stabilized with Win XP, Service Pack 2, why would anybody in their right mind buy Vista before there are at least 2 service packs?
I do like it, but...
by gswonsn - 1/31/07 7:59 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I have it installed on one of my computers at home and do REALLY like so many things about it, but do find the user control to be a major pain when trying to do just about anything with the computer that requires going to the Control Panel. I feel it is a very secure operating system and is certainly very stable running on my Core2Duo system. It takes a VERY powerful machine to run Vista Ultimate! I feel that my E6600 processor with 2 Gigs of PC6400 (800 Mhz) memory and a WD Raptor system drive are barely strong enough. There are times that I am told that certain features have been disabled because I am running out of resources. My computer rated a Customer Experience Rating of 5.4, which is supposed to be one of the more powerful computers available at the time of Vista's release. My only warning to someone upgrading is don't expect your 2 or even less year old machine to be able to use all of Vista's features and extras without some other upgrades. It is a great improvement over XP, but my other 2 computers will continue to run XP Pro at least for the foreseeable future.
Nothing special
by keith.r.benedict - 1/31/07 8:04 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I'm a software developer. The majority of the software I developer is targeted for one Windows platform or another. I've been what amounts to an unpaid evangelist for Microsoft for years and have defended them at every opportunity. I find myself in a position of no longer being able to do that--at least, not in the case of Vista.
I get asked daily from family, friends, and customers if they should upgrade to Vista. I can confidently tell them: "No, it is nothing special". CNET hit the nail on the head in their review. Vista is just XP SP2 warmed over. There are a few neat little additions here and there (Hearts and Solitaire finally got a much-needed remake), but on the whole, it isn't worth the price of the upgrade or the pain you'll go through trying to upgrade.
This isn't so much a debacle as it is a let down. I was really hoping Microsoft would make gains on Apple in the UI arena. Five years seemed like plenty of time to do that. Apparently I was wrong and I find myself wondering what life would be like if Apple did a better job during the OS wars.
Yes, I am getting an upgrade
by DesertDweller - 1/31/07 8:14 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
In November, I had a need for another copy of Windows XP for a used computer I purchased that had a bad hard drive. I outfitted it with new software without having a clue as to when Vista would be available.
Yesterday, I learned that I was eligible for a free upgrade to Vista (I paid tax and shipping: $10.77).
So, for me it was a convenient opportunity to give Vista a try.
Since I have several functioning computers in the house, I won't have to totally rely on Vista. I can have fun exploring it while being assured that I have other computers to use in case something isn't to my liking.
I trust that Microsoft delivers good products - even if their new stuff needs tweaking at first - they stand behind their products.
Probably not
by sarahraek - 1/31/07 8:31 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
I contemplated purchasing the upgrade mainly because I wanted to utilize my 64 bit processor, but sadly the current upgrades in retail stores are only 32 bit versions. Had I only a 32 bit processor I probably wouldn't waste my money on Vista. I will wait a few months and see how the 64 bit versions pan out when it's released in retail. Also want to see if hardware vendors upgrade drivers to 64 bit
Hasta la VISTA...
by Shaun Egan - 1/31/07 8:44 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
Microsoft's mental midgets have stepped up to the "improvement" plate by introducing a new O/S that touts better security and snazzy graphics. Do I need another series of "Security Updates" and service packs for a buggy package? No. Do I need snazzier graphics and a newer interface? No.
Sorry boys, but I am not about to purchase another round of PCs with faster processors, bloated RAM and more powerful graphics cards (translation: $$$) just to support the newest Microsoft folly.
Sure, they'll cram it down our throats by halting support for XP; it's just another planned obsolescence. But I'll wait until the last minute to move to Vista and - even then - it'll be a struggle.
Until then, kindly keep your newest toy out of my face. Hype means nothing to me. Put together a solid package on the first pass and quit making the public troubleshoot your bad work. When you do, I'll beat a path to your door.
No, I am getting divorced from Microsoft
by strange_avon_lady - 1/31/07 8:47 AM In reply to: Will you be installing Windows Vista? by Marc Bennett
No way; XP was an unending nightmare for me, not to mention very costly. XP home crashed my computer repeatedly and caused all kinds of problems. OCA told me I needed a new: video card; then not enough RAM (I have plenty); my processor was bad (new); not enough HD space; blah blah blah. I was told to upgrade to XP Pro. I bought that. Still crashing. I put in new 120 gb HD and a new USB port upgrade. Now I have to reactivate. Bought a new CD burner when old one died; need to reactivate. Installed a new photo printer-- reactivate... No more reactivations allowed. MS said my version of XP Pro has been reported as stolen. I have the friggin' receipt from Staples!!! Took it to a tech shop where they all scratched their heads and couldn't figure out why my computer keeps crashing. They called MS, and were told I had to buy ANOTHER XP LICENSE!! So we went back to the old Win2K OS just to get it running. (No more crashing! Everything compatible and working just fine!) I bought a Linux-based OS and am currently running a dual-boot system until I get comfortably familiar with linux. Eventually MS will be purged from my computer life. Since my original purchase of Win 3.1-> Win95->Win98->Win2K->XP (2 of them) I think MS has gotten more than enough $$ out of me over the years, and then accused me of having a pirate copy. I'm done with them.
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