When will you upgrade to Vista

Poll taken from www.codeprojects.com Newsletter just received.
Makes interesting reading. Bazza

 

Boy, Microsoft wouldn't be happy with that poll, Halo.:cry

Nearly 80% of respondents are not going to install Vista within 12 months, or NEVER going to install Vista.

I like my listed poll better. Bazza

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I haven't heard of a realy good reason to go for Vista.
If i ever do it would only be i if bought a new computer and it came with.
I'm quite pleased with XP.

 

When they eyecandy rivals my own?

 

Well, I'm getting closer to buying Vista, not that I need it as XP works great, but I'd like to use Vista more and I can learn something new as I can't get my head around *nix as hard as I try. The only command I remember is -rpm blah blah. One nice thing I found today is a simple, and I mean simple, driver for my HP 3600 series Scanjet so I don't have to reboot to XP to do a photo or document scan. Integrates nicely with Vistas' Photo Gallery. Thanks HP and I hope printer drivers are on the way soon, though I think I'll be dual booting with XP for quite a while yet.

 

I'm not holding my breath for printer drivers as I have a cheap Deskjet D2360 but I'm still elated that HP finally put out a simple driver so that my scanner works in a limited fashion. That's what many people have been clamoring for, give us some basic functionality and when it's time, we'll upgrade our peripherals. Of course, I'm only speaking as a home user.

 

How quickly people forget......Wise words there old chap!

I'll bet, within 6 months everyone will want one :drool

If you haven't tried it yet, your missing out!


Regards..

 

Linux for life.


I love getting people worked up.

Vista does look nice, but until I can afford Office 2007 to go with it, Im not even remotely interested.

 

If I get the same functionality as I have currently in XP, then I'll switch. The only thing in Vista so far that has blown me away is the search function! I guess I'll have to wait for the DX10 goodies to prove themselves in a year or two. Oh, I don't need the security but I'm sure normal users would like it, unless they're click happy.

 

LOL, I said Windows for life at one time too

 

For a quick search in XP, try Agent Ransack. (not available at MG).

Agent Ransack version 1.7.3 (build 332) is the current official release and can be downloaded from this site: (approx. 792 KB). Download Agent Ransack
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/download.aspx

It is light (speed) years ahead of the MS XP search, but has a missing feature or 2.

For example, if you sort to ascending file size, you then cannot sort it to descending file size. Not a biggie, but something to note.

I use it whenever I need to search, instead of the XP version.:cool
Bazza

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Been using Ransack for quite a while though it doesn't even come close to Vistas engine as it doesn't index the drives for really fast (instantaneous) searches. It's way faster than waiting for the MS doggie to poop out the answer though.

 

When will I upgrade to Vista??? I probably won't unless it's ABSOLUTELY necessary!!! But if I was going to go for it, I'd wait at least 6-8 months to allow for some of the bugs and kinks to get worked out. I remember when XP first came out and the problems associated with it at first.... it took MS about a year to really stabilize it....

 

I want it to install it. But when I get a PC able to run it

 

I would need better reasons than eye candy and a fast search.
Chances are its got something productive going for it as well ?

 

wait a year or 2 if considering purchasing vista, I mean when Duo core comes out (4 core) , dual core will be 3 times cheaper vista will be cheaper with all the bugs fixed , Stuff the HyPe , buy a Mac

 

At least a year from now...about that time I will be ready for a new PC

 

Its always the same with computers,
there is always something new around the corner, leading to price drops of current technology.
When it comes down to it you generally have to upgrade at some stage.
It is of course up to the individual as to how often they upgrade.
I had windows ME and was happy with it
Now I have XP and am happy with it as well.
It will depend largely on how soon Vista is superseded as to whether I end up buying it or holding out for the next one.

As to the price, if you buy any new technology it is going to cost you more than it is probably worth.
For most of us it makes more sense to stay at least one step behind.
The truly Geeky will always want to be on the cutting edge.

 

I have Home Premium on both my notebook and Desktop. The only reason being I was able to get it cheap as a student. Otherwise I would have waited a year or until I built a new Desktop. I poked around in the Betas for a while and I really got used to it and I like the added features. Especially the new Media Center. Works great with my 360! If you are building a new computer and have the option of getting it, I'd say go for it. Otherwise, just wait until you need it, or when you want a new toy to play with.

 

I'm perfectly happy with XP pro for now . . . it meets all of my needs and then some. Since MS is going to keep supporting it for a good while longer, I don't feel any pressure to upgrade to Vista right away.

Now having said that . . . If I should build another new PC, it makes sense to put Vista on it at the outset.

 

DX10 seems to be the main aspect, especially for gamers. By the time I get a DX10 GPU Vienna will probably be out (if it's released as reported in 2009, but I say 2011-2012 at their rate). I can get Business for free from MSDNAA, but I want the media center. Other than that, never until apps require it.

 

I would agree with you, even though I've been playing with Vista/Longhorn since 4015 and I like it. I want it but I don't need it. Like others have said, wait for a year and see what happens. XP is good enough for me even though I built this AMD64 system for Vista. Oh well, it's a good rig for XPP as it is.

 

your better off not using computers at all with some much BS

 

Assuming this is a potshot at a member, I'd advise it never happen again, unless you want to be banned.

 

When will I upgrade to Vista??? When all the talk about it is over with. I'm hearin some good things, but too much complaining about Vista. Im giving it time. But Xp just find with me.

 

Funny, at work my PC was just upgraded yesterday from Windows 2000 to Xp pro


At home my XP & x64 is just fine, No plan's for Vista here

 

Bought a new laptop and desktop in 2006 with XP, so not planning to upgrade to Vista in a hurry.

 

Adrynalyne, I don't think it was a shot at anyone, just a general rant.

Thinks; Hmmm "General Rant", now there's a good nickname. Bazza

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Hard to tell, with the poor sentence structure.

 

Spelling was a bit crook, also. Bazza

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I'm allowed to be wrong once in a while

 

Vista strikes me as the worst piece of bloatware yet. Of course, you can get the Basic version, but still... Linux is looking better all the time, I'm downloading Knoppix to start learning it.

So my answer is, when and if I have no choice.

 

Refer to my sig in terms of bloat and Linux. Unless you go with an advanced distro, you will see bloat, in many cases, more bloat than Windows.

 

I'm not installing Linux, I'm going to run a live Knoppix CD. Looking over the list of software packages included, I could see that there's a lot that I don't need, but at least it won't be taking up space on my HD.