Computer Forum

**originalthechad** · 11-12-2006, 07:34 AM

What does everyone think of upcoming windows release vista? Personally myself I wouldnt touch a windows release until 12 months after release or the first SP

**gaz545** · 11-12-2006, 10:07 AM

Meh, windows sucks, basically copied OS X, i'm not touching it if i don't have to.

**vistadivine.com** · 11-12-2006, 10:16 AM

Well I have not used it yet but I would want to though.

Akash

**52pokercardman** · 11-13-2006, 09:05 PM

I don't think it is out yet

**Numbah1** · 11-13-2006, 09:28 PM

I love it, I just got a new computer which comes with a free vista upgrade as soon as it comes out.

Thank You

**originalthechad** · 11-14-2006, 07:43 AM

Becareful I remember when XP first came out wait for SP1 to come out for it before you touch it

**ken11235** · 11-14-2006, 10:22 PM

I have the beta. It really isn't anything special. It's just more visibly attracting.

**originalthechad** · 11-15-2006, 06:31 AM

Yer I will wait 12 months before trying

**jayr1021** · 11-20-2006, 12:42 PM

I got the beta release and all I have to say is don't use the upgrade option...first it took 4 hours to get installed then my computer keep blue screening....Fresh install works find but the windows media center options gives me some real issues.

**chronicles** · 11-20-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ken11235

I have the beta. It really isn't anything special. It's just more visibly attracting.

yep

**Mohab** · 11-21-2006, 04:48 PM

I currently have Windows XP Pro. Is it worth the upgrade from XP?

With most of their programs Microsoft doesn't waste a lot of time testing it, the sell it, when probles arise they provide free patches. When the patch causes problems, they patch it with another patch. All this patching accumulates stuff in your Add/Remove list which eventually slows down your PC so you go buy new hardware and start the process from sqare 1. It's a clever way of getting money flowing into MS's and hardware manufacturer's pockets.

**gaz545** · 11-21-2006, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Mohab

I currently have Windows XP Pro. Is it worth the upgrade from XP?

With most of their programs Microsoft doesn't waste a lot of time testing it, the sell it, when probles arise they provide free patches. When the patch causes problems, they patch it with another patch. All this patching accumulates stuff in your Add/Remove list which eventually slows down your PC so you go buy new hardware and start the process from sqare 1. It's a clever way of getting money flowing into MS's and hardware manufacturer's pockets.

what is the point in upgrading if your current system works fine?

**Mohab** · 11-22-2006, 04:42 AM

Why upgrade if the current system works fine is a really good question.

I guess a person working with PCs needs to be up to date with the latest software versions that usually need the latest hardware.

**originalthechad** · 11-22-2006, 09:03 AM

Wait for it to be out a couple of months before testing. I run a network with 1000 pcs I wont be rolling out for a long while 2 buggy for the moment

**gaz545** · 11-22-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mohab

Why upgrade if the current system works fine is a really good question.

I guess a person working with PCs needs to be up to date with the latest software versions that usually need the latest hardware.

ooooooook, so your a business man. you own a business, your business is about making money (as all business's are) you do it by doing something on computers, you have 20 employees, and they all know how to use a peice of software to do what your company does. your company is on it's way to making millions, and your computers and it's software is faultless.

Vista comes out, you update because of what you think, and buy a licence that allows 20 people to use vista (lots of money), you then relise your current hardware doesn't allow vista to run, so you have to buy new hardware (woooo more money), and now your computers work, but your current software doesn't work on vista, so you have to buy some new software (woooo even more money), so now you have some new software, but your staff don't know how to use it... so you have to get them trained (aargh **** it, you guess it, more money).

So not only have you spent a mound of money on getting vista to work, you have also lost about a weeks worth of time... and in that time, you have lost all of your customers, as you couldn't provide your service to them.

now i ask you again, what is the point in upgrading your OS from XP to Vista? (of course if you don't like to make any money in the world, they by all means go and buy it)

**Mohab** · 11-23-2006, 04:06 AM

O.K, I see your logic. If you use the same logic, your current PC must be a Pentium I running on Windows 95?

**gaz545** · 11-23-2006, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mohab

O.K, I see your logic. If you use the same logic, your current PC must be a Pentium I running on Windows 95?

Wrong... Try Intel Core Duo Mac Mini with Mac OS X

**netpal** · 11-29-2006, 06:27 AM

I am using XP and already on a trial run in Mandriva Linux . Linux has many distros of which Ubuntu, Fedora and Mandriva is popular. I am not going to shift to Vista.