Vista is out! (and Free! for some..)

[Erez]

read- http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=36173

I have to say I can't wait to get vista.. XP is getting old..

[ViperASR]

Be wary of vista, it dosnt have all the bugs and stuff worked out. Ive heard bad things about it, and I think someone here was complaing about it and coudnt get it off their computer.

[crazidude]

I'm not looking forward to vista. There will no doubt be some issues with it and my school isn't offering it on their msdn yet, so I won't be getting it until quite a bit later next year. Also, it'll most likely rape my computer of all its resources doing meaningless tasks.

[nthfinity]

Be wary of vista, it dosnt have all the bugs and stuff worked out. Ive heard bad things about it, and I think someone here was complaing about it and coudnt get it off their computer.

i call bs

there are a multitude of ways to get vista, or any other os off your hard drive.

that said, i guess i'm just not excited about it

[RC45]

I still run Win2K on my home PC's and am in no hurry to change ;)

[evoWalo]

Wait for at least SP1

[yg60m]

Wait for at least SP1

lol, good advice, that's what I thought :wink:

[evoWalo]

as for vista, its not all its cracked up to be and well I dont recommend it at all really!! not worth it one bit and I have a free copy!!

xp all the way for me!!if you're not gonna use it let me have it. i hear the volunteers got free copies/activation for vista ultimate, upon request. :)

[Erez]

yeah i saw you post Ronin.. that's weird.. but i still would love to see and play with vista.. i'm sure service packs would come out pretty soon.. and fix the issues..

[Shinigami]

Let's not forget one thing. An OS installation depends a lot on the hardware for stability. With the right drivers, an OS can be very stable, and the installation of the latest version of Vista that I did on a laptop of mine, has so far not experienced a single crash or bug worth mentioning.

Your mileage may vary, but I also think that due to the relatively high "requirements" of the OS, it's probably better to just wait before splashing out for it.

Service Packs of course fix many issues, but even when running XP with no SP's, it ran just fine on my computer. A comparison of SP's made not difference to my use of the OS, it just kept on running like it did before.

The biggest reason to upgrade, really goes down to the larger companies. For example, when you belong to a company with hundreds of thousands of users, you expect to have some degree of support from Microsoft for the OS you run. Since Microsoft themselves will not support an OS for ever, they define a life cycle after which that OS is decreed obsolete and no more support will be given for it. Thus companies must constantly evolve by replacing older OS with newer ones to enjoy the latest benefits from the manufacturer.

At this time, I wouldn't fret about Vista. If there is no compelling reason to go for it, you might as well continue to use whichever one you're using right now. If you end up installing a game or an application that will not work on your current OS, then it will come down to making this decision. To move on or just lose out on whatever app you're not able to use.

[dutchmasterflex]

It comes with Halo 2 as a gimmick

[ViperASR]

Be wary of vista, it dosnt have all the bugs and stuff worked out. Ive heard bad things about it, and I think someone here was complaing about it and coudnt get it off their computer.

i call bs

there are a multitude of ways to get vista, or any other os off your hard drive.

that said, i guess i'm just not excited about it


I ment without reformatting your hard drive

[Erez]

ill tell ya one good thing that I liked, it has a default wireless card driver, so your online right away with out the REAL driver for your card. which makes it easy to go online and get all the drivers you need to get everything running smooth. it seemed to run at a slower capacity, but thats expected!!

thats freaking awesome! makes life a lot easier! cause i'm the current family comp guy.. :lol: so I install windows like once a week at least.. :lol: (damn kids... i dont even know HOW to fuck up a computer like that.. its a skill really!)

[5vz-fe]

When Win2k is out in the market, the hardware is running it way tooo slow.....I'll give it a year for the middle class hardware catches up before installing / buying one