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Vista - what do we think ?
donut - 6/2/07 at 06:15 PM

Is it worth upgrading? is it that much better or does it just look nicer?

flak monkey - 6/2/07 at 06:20 PM

Heres the question:

Does your current operating system do everything you want it to? And is it stable (for windows!)?

If yes, then dont bother. Vista will be riddled with bugs as its only just come out (typical M$). Drivers WILL be an issue for some time. If you really feel you must upgrade then wait until at least SP1 has come out...

David

[Edited on 6/2/07 by flak monkey]

bilbo - 6/2/07 at 06:29 PM

I agree with David. I would never upgrade to a new version of Windows until at least the first service pack comes out.

In fact, I would do this for any software. I've worked for software firms (including some of the biggest) for all my working life and they all pump stuff out to deadlines rather than when its ready - then fix it once their customers report the bugs.

Dantheman - 6/2/07 at 06:37 PM

I'll only consider getting it when Halo 2 comes out later this year

McLannahan - 6/2/07 at 06:40 PM

Had Vista for a few months now on a business license and it's a big improvement and quite similar to OSX. I ran the beta for 4 months previous to this and to be honest it was poor, especially BlueTooth! All the bugs have been ironed out though in my business release and I'm very happy with it!

It's still early days though for consumers and it's damn expensive too! £29 to me for a license and £6 for the CD, well worth it! £200 plus to consumers....I'd wait!!

RichardK - 6/2/07 at 07:11 PM

I agree with McLannahan, you also need quite a hefty pc to run it properly. I run these in a test environment but I like the way it look so got a vista theme pack for my xp pro, looks the biz with none of the problems of early release products.

Regards

Rich

Gav - 8/2/07 at 02:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by robocog
Oh if only they would give the choice to not have to run a gui and have it still function,or even be able to run on yesterdays hardware- not just high spec


But this isnt the point is it? if you have yesterday hardware you run yesterdays OS or something suitable for the job ie a linux console.
Why on earth would you design a DESKTOP operating system with the option to run only as a command line? hell its name is windows vista not console vista! your designing a OS to last for 5 years, imagine given the speed of hardware development how fast, how much ram computers are gonna have in 5 years!
The whole point of vista is to make it a slicker, prettier and eaiser experience and as a vista user i think they have just done that, i havent evan had any issues with drivers and i use a laptop which can be tricky for drivers, espcially the gfx card.
Also as linux user, are the desktop providers(KDE, gnome et al) not trying to fancy up their desktop experiences too and using more memory? ill think you'll find the answer is yes.

Although i must admit i am quite surprised by the amount of ram vista does use( around 600mb) but hell i have 2gb so it dosnt bother me evan with games/multiple apps running i never get over 1.5gb and if it did i could turn off the glass theme and return me to a xp-ish level of usage.

But back to the point, personally i wouldnt go out and pay for it just for the sake of having vista (i received a copy in my direct access subscription), but when you get a new pc i would certainly be pleased it came with Vista as standard.

[Edited on 8/2/07 by Gav]

tweek - 10/2/07 at 05:36 PM

good for a new pc, pointless as an upgrade.

I just wish they didn't make so many blummin versions! 3 versions for xp was perfect, home, pro an media centre - makes sense really. why on earth do we now need 6?!?!?!

do not get me started on pricing