Community poll forum: Will you be installing Windows Vista?

We are using the Business pack at work and I do not see that much of a change. Hardware that works one day doesn't work the next, programs that are suppost to work don't and those that are not suppost to work do. Pretty much the same thing as always....STAY AWAY FROM NEW RELEASES FROM MICROSOFT!!!

Hi.
Any idea on how long we got till we have to go Vista?

Mic:
When Someone Comes Out With A Newer Version Everyone Gets Gay & Happy. I Have 2 2006 e-machines (XP). My Neighbor next Door Just Bought New Dell Inpsiron 530 s. It's Real Nice With Flat screen & Nice keyboard & Mouse. But, The Things I Want Like Easy Disk Clean Up & Disk Defragmenter & Standard (XP) Feartures. It's Like Your Stuck In A Maze Using )Vista). At Least I Can Control My Computer using (XP). I Know (XP) From Front To Back, Compared To Vista I Feel Like A Lost Child In The Woods. If! They make Something Better It Should Be Eazy To Use And Maintain As Well. When I Get New Computer They Will Probrably Install (Vista) BUt, I Will Miss (XP) Like It Was My First Girlfriend I Lost My Virginity Too.
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Thats not just MS. Thats all software that is not shareware/freeware. If you have say roxy or any game installed on one pc and olny own one pc you are running illeagal

I'm just amazed at how people that have never tried vista or even realy seen it runniong on a pc are slamming it. I as a tester i have installed it on many makes and models with little to know issues. I have even installed it on a few 5 year old pc's. The biggest issue i have found is it being a new os' just like any new os's there may not be drivers for certain hardware at that time. Look at Creative labs, the biggest manufacturer of sound cards. As og yesterday they still do not have a fully function driver for vista. It is not MS job to make sure every piece of hardware works. Linux has many issue also lack of drivers, software compatibilty, bugs, hacker. If linux was the big guy out there then everyone would be slamming them

must be an employee of MS as why else would you be defending them so strongly. Oh right there are the guys who have nothing better to do than to try to make the underdog look good. What a joke

More Microsoft promises of easier, more productive computing. ********!!! I've had every version of Windows released, and I'd guess my productivity has lessened with each. I just got a new computer a few months ago with 2 gig memory, dual 120G SATA HDs,...etc. I was hoping that my previous one just wasn't powerful enough to keep up with XP Pro. Nope! Same daily problems, with Windows slowing down to a crawl at times, almost daily crashes (with a Windows advisory message that Winfax has caused the problem. I haven't had Winfax on a computer for 4 years!!!) Let's face it. Windows is the same bloated pig of software that it has been for a decade! The only way this crap will ever work right is if they build it from the ground up. (Oh! That's right,...XP was"new", wasn't it)
But, Windows is the only game in town if you have work to do! My Mac doesn't crash, but the look is cartoonish, and many of the operations are not as well developed as Win. And, Linux? Does everything well,.. but most of it's productivity packages lack a lot of basic features still.
I HATE Windows, but I'll keep using it a long as I have to. But a newer Windows with more "sugar coating"? Just more things to slow it down. I'm sure by the time the next "new" release is out, I'll have to upgrade because my software won't work. Until then, BG won't get any more of my $$$$.


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At least as far as the lower end systems (the bottom 2) are concerned. With regard to the higher end systems (the top 3), I will wait until at least 1 revision has passed. At the moment, there are too many bugs in this system to make it worth buying.

I may well get the XP Pro upgrade, this will keep me going until 2008 or later, then, maybe, I'll see what is happening with Vista, but to upgrade now - well it's just an espensive SP3!!

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?!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.