Topic: Poll: Will you choose to get Windows Vista?

[Nemesis]

Will you upgrade to Vista and if so is it because you want Vista or just becuase that is what will be shipped with your next system.

[Centurus]

Personally, I don't want to switch to Vista.  As I've commented before, it doesn't really offer much more than XP right now.  Maybe later on it might.  Also, with what I've been hearing about Vista and how qwerky it is when it comes to movies and music, it's not really the smart buy right now.

Personally, I wish I could acquire a VLK for Windows XP Pro.  Unless the XP activation servers stay up forever, or they are the same activation servers for Vista, or on the off chance Microsoft sends a free key to every XP owner to use with their XP copies that do away with the activation, then I have a feeling I'm going to need a VLK for XP Pro, and I'd rather get a genuine one too.

Does anyone think that Vista will bring a new round of class action lawsuits against Microsoft in the coming years?

[Javora]

I voted:  "When it comes with my new machine no problem".

You should have put a option for dual-boot as I will not run Vista on a new system without being able to dual-boot to WinXP/Win2000.

[C-Los]

I've never had a new OS when they 1st came out and I usually only changed because I have bought a new system.

Seeing as how I just got a new PC a couple of months ago ..... I'll be riding the XP wave for quite some time.

[Just plain old Punisher]

I see no real need to "upgrade" at this time. Vista doesn't offer any performance improvements over XP, so I'm going to keep running XP for the time being.

[Sarek]

Probably someday but not until I have a compelling reason to.  If DX10 is as good as they say it is that could get me thinking about it.

[Commander Maxillius]

I moved to Macintosh when the DRM and licensing crap came out.  I'll stick with XP as long as I have games that won't run MacOS.

[IAF Lyrkiller]

I moved to Macintosh when the DRM and licensing crap came out.  I'll stick with XP as long as I have games that won't run MacOS.

Max, I dont have a Mac, but I do agree w/ you, I am also sticking w/ XP.

[Soreyes]

I got Vista with my new computer, and to say that it takes some getting use to is a understatement. My problem is that I keep going to the top of the page I might be on to pull down an application. but it's not there. It's down on the bottom of the page or somewhere else

[Commander Maxillius]

I got Vista with my new computer, and to say that it takes some getting use to is a understatement. My problem is that I keep going to the top of the page I might be on to pull down an application. but it's not there. It's down on the bottom of the page or somewhere else

Oh goody, so they changed everything about how things work.  Sounds like the technology of a Cadillac but built by Daewoo. 

[Nemesis]

I wonder if anyone has changed their mind on this one?  I'm still moving to Linux, in fact I mostly use Linux now.

[Vipre]

Went with "Perhaps Someday" but I would have preferred a "Not until forced by hardware/software incompatibility" option. The only reason I upgraded from 95 to 98 was because I needed USB support to get my cable internet modem to work properly.

[Centurus]

I'm hoping that by the time I have no choice to move to a new OS, that React OS might be a contender.  If not, I'll be forced to upgrade to the newest version of Windows available by that time, but I'm definately going to run XP either with a dual boot, or in a virtual machine environment.

I'll still be exploring Linux distros, but I'm not gonna limit myself to just one alternative OS.

[Rod ONeal]

I just bought a new PC and chose XPPro. Seeing as how they plan on replacing/supplanting  Vista in the next 2yrs, or so, I won't be using it. I might always need XP (dual boot?) for running Max5 for modeling. We'll have to see what the next version of windows brings.

[Dracho]

I probably won't buy a new machine until after the next Windows is out.  I plan to skip Vista if I can.

The one caveat is that I might buy the wife a super light-weight laptop for her photography work (and get her off of mine), so that might come with Vista.  If it does, I'll likely nuke it and install the copy of XP Pro I have on a desktop machine that hasn't been plugged in for 2 years...hrmm.. actually I think I'd just order the thing with Linux or something and skip paying Dell or HP for a copy of Vista I won't use.

[Lieutenant_Q]

When XP came out I told myself I was never getting XP, because of its stability issues.  At the time I was still running Windows 98 and until CIV III I had no problems with it.  Then Sid Meier's said that we'll just let Windows dump the memory after the program closes, but Windows 98 didn't do that.  So every time I played CIV, I had to reboot the computer to clear the memory.  I went to 2k shortly after that, but 2k had issues with other games.  I spent days on the NT forums trying to get them to work.  Just last year I decided that my computer wasn't up to snuff, and built a new one.  I only had three operating systems to choose from.  XP Home, XP Media Edition, or XP Professional. 

Five years later, here I am on an XP Professional machine.

I'd say that I'll never upgrade to Vista, but I had no choice to upgrade to XP.  (unless I wanted to run Linux, which after the disaster my UNIX class in college was, I'll pass)  I hope that I built this computer late enough that I can skip Vista, but knowing M$, what ever comes out next will be even worse.

[atheorhaven]

Voted:  Moving to another OS.

On my home laptop, I run Windows 2000.  I'll keep it on 2000 because it doesn't require activation.  I won't go to XP because it does, and as soon as I have something portable for XP, then I'll be moving that into a virtual enviornment to run under a Linux main machine (probably running PCLinuxOS).

2000 runs evrything pretty well that XP does, except for software that was written that was tied to checking the version it's running on and forcing you to run XP Sp2 (like iTunes).

But I'd sooner run an OS that doesn't punish you for making a backup in case of problems, and doesn't require connecting to someone else's servers to get a code that may or may not go down whenever the company decides to pull it down.  Forcing you to the "latest and greatest version" of their OS, that is even more draconian.

Thanks but no thanks.  And once Wine is polished enough to run my main Windows programs under it, then I'd be retiring the Windows box completely.

[Pestalence_XC]

The next version of Windows is Windows 7 and is built on Vista SP 1

The Milestone of Windows 7 requires Vista Sp1 installed

No matter what happens in the future, it will be Vista based.

For those of you who are considering Vista or newer OS systems, Just remember you can Dual Boot your system into XP. Also Vista gives you the right to Downgrade in the EULA thus giving you a XP key directly from Microsoft.

Finally I put a guide, stickied to the top of the forum on how to dual boot, which will allow you to put XP on newer systems, for older software compatibility, plus run the latest OS for newer software that XP can't support.

I'm Dual booting my system, however I only need XP currently for Visual C++, and 3D Studio and to play SFC OP online , and to run Dominion Wars

All my other software works better in Vista.

Once you have your software installed in Vista and you don't like giving permission to run each program, go into control panel to User Accounts and disable UAC, restart system.. now the security shell on your system's kernel will be gone and you don't have to give permission.

Just that simple.. People make things harder than what they really are.. Vista comes with full security enabled.. like 3 Firewalls, Windows Defender, UAC, the only thing not enabled is Internet Protection, but there are 5 levels of that if you want to enable it.. Plus you have your AV software, Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware 2K8 (Beta currently but works great), and many other programs that help protect your system, and routers to be your first line of defense as a hardware firewall.

It is not hard to get your system to Dual boot.. it took me all of 3 hours after partitioning my drive to get XP to dual boot, and most of that was waiting for XP to install from the CD..

Vista blows XP away in gaming with DirectX 10, hands down. Games that will work on Vista play better.. However there are some programs that are incompatible because of the way they are programmed or the software that was used to build the program was out of date at the time the program was released, and since Vista demands better programming standards, those programs, though they worked on XP, are now defunct in Vista.

My recommendation is that if you have older software, but want to keep up with your system and hardware, then Dual Boot your system..

Anyhow, just my 2 cents.

[FCM_SFHQ_XC]

My plan is adventually to get Vista since does have some nice features, hopefully one of these days I'll be able to get enough finances in order to where I will be able to build a good enough computer to run Vista Ultimate well, since as stated above, there really will not be a choice with getting Vista or not in the future

[Lepton]

Bought a new machine nearly a year ago.  It was actually cheaper with Vista installed than XP, so I bought the Vista installed one.  Big mistake.  Vista is a resource hog.  It has nearly broken or has broken multiplayer for a number of games that I play, OP and Star Trek:Legacy, which I am sure is true of a number of games.  Do not get Vista unless you intend to play games with DX10 features.  There is no point.  Vista was supposed to be the gaming-friendly OS especially with the Games for Windows initiative and Windows Live as a parallel to XBox Live, neither of which has come to anything.  Microsoft totally dropped the ball on this stuff and on the OS in general.

By the way, downgrading to Windows XP is not an option for most people who will be getting Vista, as they will likely be getting it from a new PC purchase.  Vista Home Basic and Premium cannot do a downgrade, only Ultimate and Business users.  Further, you need an OEM install disk of XP (which may be difficult to obtain) to do the downgrade, which is merely using your Vista key to license the XP install.

As far as I am concerned, if you want to do gaming and don't have thousands to spend to get an experience that you can't get with a console, then you might as well get a console.  This keeping up with the Jones crap with PC games is getting tired.  The new machine I bought is essentially already obsolete, with Quad core and DX10 being the new gaming standard.

I can't think of any reason for Vista except DX10 and if you don't have the cash to build a very high end system and keep upgrading it to be on the bleeding edge, you might as well not even bother.

Oh, and by the by, I can't even get Vista SP1 because I have hardware components and drivers that are not compatible with it, despite the machine having the tag of being "Designed for Windows Vista" and not merely "Vista Capable".  Thanks MS and Dell.