Anyone getting VISTA

startrekker

Wow, just been on the Beebs website and it took 2 hours to upgrade a laptop to Vista. Better get the drinks in as I have just ordered the premium edition..

Myosin

When will Ultimate start coming preloaded, when specs have been improved?

colin79666

I've had Vista Business on my laptop for a few weeks (MSDN)
It's alright but I'm in no hurry to pay to upgrade my PC. I think I'll wait for better driver and software support as well as the first load of bug fixes.

energy80s

Wouldn't touch VISTA with a barge pole. XP is still as far as I would go, although I currently use Win2000 for most things. In fact, just dumped W98 from my last PC at the weekend. One tip worth considering, is to wait until SP1 for Vista is released (probably around next Christmas) as this will get rid of a lot of the bugs that plague all Microsoft software releases (and not just the OS's).

As I've said on numerous forums before, I don't see what there is to get excited about ANY operating system. It's only like petrol for a car. What really matters is the software programs that you run on your PC and whether or not the OS will help or hinder them. Looking at the specs, I would say that VISTA will definately hinder most current software on most current PC's. Therefore, what's the point?

wolfman

energy80s wrote:

One tip worth considering, is to wait until SP1 for Vista is released (probably around next Christmas) as this will get rid of a lot of the bugs that plague all Microsoft software releases (and not just the OS's).

That generally only really applies to businesses. The average home user will be fine. When XP came out it was fine. Ok so they released two big service packs, but prior to each one the operating system itself was fine.

energy80s wrote:

It's only like petrol for a car. What really matters is the software programs that you run on your PC and whether or not the OS will help or hinder them. Looking at the specs, I would say that VISTA will definately hinder most current software on most current PC's. Therefore, what's the point?

It offers a new experience. Makes use of the additional power gained in hardware since XP was released.

I use Beryl with either Gentoo or Ubuntu and it's great. Certainly provides a much nicer user experience than clicking on static grey windows and buttons.

Most people won't "need" to upgrade from XP in terms of functionality. You can do everything in XP that you can do in Vista. The reason to upgrade is for the flashy user interface, better design in terms of security, more functions, easier searches etc...

If you've got a free upgrade then it's well worth doing. If you're planning on buying it, then watch around for deals. I personally wouldn't want to spend more than £60, although I have seen the Ultimate version going for £110 which isn't too bad considering some prices.

energy80s

wolfman wrote:

It offers a new experience. Makes use of the additional power gained in hardware since XP was released.

What's the point in that? The whole idea of more power in a PC is to speed up existing processes, not to be able to run additional bloatware and end up with a slower machine than you started with.

One step forward and two steps back.

vixarooni

Ive not seen vista yet.

My boyfriends going to try and get it for me as he works in pc world. fingers crossed he gets it cos what i have seen it looks quite cool.

kevinwj

Sites like Cnet are describing it as,

"a $200 XP service pack"

with many of its so called security features not available in the cheaper versions.

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wolfman

energy80s wrote:

What's the point in that? The whole idea of more power in a PC is to speed up existing processes, not to be able to run additional bloatware and end up with a slower machine than you started with.

Firstly, if you check up Vista benchmarks, it's roughly just as fast as XP at performing tasks (in fact faster in some, but slower in others).

What's the point... Well if the operating system didn't take use of the extra power and resources, we'd still be stuck in DOS. Operating system have been getting bigger and more complex since they first came about, and they will continue to. That doesn't just apply to Windows, Linux is the same.

I personally would rather have my operating system put my pc to use, rather than have it sitting idle.

One step forward in hardware, one step forward in software.

energy80s

wolfman wrote:

I personally would rather have my operating system put my pc to use, rather than have it sitting idle.

Oddly enough, I'd rather have my PROGRAMS put my PC to good use rather than any fancy Operating System draining its resources.

Oh and nothing wrong with DOS, I was using it last night to setup a hard drive!!