Will you go with Vista upon release?

[Garfield_]

Will you buy Windows Vista once it's released or not!

 

[Barney Fife]

No I'll wait till they workout the bugs and flaws, same goes out to hardware drivers. But I will hangout at my local Best Buy just to freak with the new Vista PCs.
I will eventually get it right around when first service pack is released.

 

[Ren.182]

I wont get it upon release. Like Barney I will wait for the bugs to be ironed out etc. I might also wait until i get my next PC whenever that will be. I can buy an OEM version then and it will be much cheaper

 

[AtomicSpark]

Yes.. but there will be duel booting madness on my machine. I didn't get a legal version of xp pro x64 for free for no reason.

 

[theotherguy]

I will get vista as soon as I upgrade, which will probably be a bit after the release. Getting any OS the first day or week is completley rediculous, unless you want something bugged out and overexpensive. Plus I can just use my old closed beta to play those dx10 games

 

[Drackard]

Aye i plan to get it upon release.

 

[kupocake]

I plan to build a new PC to take advantage of the latest tech once Vista is out. Whether or not I get Vista immediatly is another matter... I may leave it for however long it takes for me to afford to complete my PC's overhaul.

 

[nutcrackr]

Haven't decided, it depends on whether I see the features as being useful and whether game performance and stability is better than XP.

 

[Drackard]

Thats a good point actually, i'm hoping to have finished the payments on my computer and have upgraded it by Vista's relase, when is it meant to be released btw ?

 

[Revisedsoul]

ill get a nfr copy of it(most lilky the top end one) from my works microsoft rep.

 

[Hazar]

nope

gonna wait till I get a dx10 card, and by then most of the most annoying "features" should be disable-able

 

[bryanf445]

If I have enough money, I will. Ill hopefully also sell my 7800gt and get a dx10 card.

 

[destrukt]

yup, i'm always up for upgrading to superior products.

 

[Asus]

If I get a DX10 card I will buy it right away. If I don't have a DX10 card then I'm not sure if I'd buy it or not...probably not.

 

[hungryduck]

I'll wait until SP1 of vista probably so they work out all the kinks.

 

[destrukt]

If I get a DX10 card I will buy it right away. If I don't have a DX10 card then I'm not sure if I'd buy it or not...probably not.

i think it would be absolutely worth it if you don't have a dx10 card, all you would get from a dx10 card is one or two games which actually use it, like crysis and ?

vista will be more or less exactly the same without a dx10 capable card.

 

[Kamikazie]

Probably not till I upgrade my old compy.

*Pats the case* *it breaks*

shit.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

i think it would be absolutely worth it if you don't have a dx10 card, all you would get from a dx10 card is one or two games which actually use it, like crysis and Halo 2

Fixed

I'm still undecided, thinking about all this bugginess stuff (I never actually got an OS right when it came out) and maybe wait for the price to drop, I guess it depends on how I feel when it comes out but I'll probably end up waiting.

 

[destrukt]

oh yeh, forgot about halo2.. meh.

have you tried beta2 death ? it's rather stable and is showing alot of promise for the final product.

 

[blahblahblah]

I'm not too worried about the bugs in Vista, I'm more concerned about the resource hog it will be. Anything short of a state of the art computer when Vista is released, I won't be upgrading.

I would rather have an operating system that is fast and semi-stable than an operating system that is slow but stable.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

I haven't tried the beta, dont feel like downloading or getting any cd of it, rather just wait and explode when it comes out, like I will at college (months left!)

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

I'm going to wait for at least SP1

 

[destrukt]

yeah, i'm hoping it won't get delayed past jan 07 for the consumer version.

'explode it' -- haha, sorry man, had to point that out.

vista runs as fine as xp does on this system, pretty much.. it's not really going to be the massive, resource consuming monstrosity people make it out to be.

 

[WhiteZero]

I'll get vista as soon as I get a DX10 card

 

[DEATHMASTER]

erm...I said "explode when it"
I'd still rather do that, I like to bide and savor big things.
I see what you mean though .

 

[Chrysalid]

I've had enough Microsoft with using Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, Millenium Edition, 2000 and XP. And I'm tired of the endless crashing and general lameness. I have no reason to believe they are fixed in Vista, so when it hits the stores I will convert my primary desktop PC to Linux (I have two Linux boxes already). I'm not too anxious to let my PC upload data to Microsoft/US Government about whether I am a terrorist or not.

 

[Asus]

I've had enough Microsoft with using Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, Millenium Edition, 2000 and XP. And I'm tired of the endless crashing and general lameness. I have no reason to believe they are fixed in Vista...

I'd say they have been improving over the years. I think 2000 and XP are far better than the others especially as far as stability goes while expanding compatibility with devices. I remember with even Win 98 I considered it stable at the time yet I couldn't leave the PC on for a fraction as long as I do with XP before I would have to restart the machine.

i think it would be absolutely worth it if you don't have a dx10 card, all you would get from a dx10 card is one or two games which actually use it, like crysis and ?

vista will be more or less exactly the same without a dx10 capable card.

Well ya see at this point I'm doing great with XP. That is probably where most poeple are sitting. And most of the features in Vista I think of as extras. But I'm in a spot where both my hardware (AGP) and my OS (XP) are going to start being outdated if I want to upgrade my GFX power. So when I upgrade my system and buy a DX10 card then I'll jump in with Vista as well for sure.

I might change my mind about those other features as 'extras' just like I did with Xp before I got it. Because I enjoy XPs 'extras' now. hehe

 

[DEATHMASTER]

I'm not too anxious to let my PC upload data to Microsoft/US Government about whether I am a terrorist or not.

Peerguardian FTW

 

[Space Farm]

Nope. I'll wait. No point jumping head first into the deep end.

 

[Cole]

2000 and XP. And I'm tired of the endless crashing and general lameness. I have no reason to believe they are fixed in Vista, so when it hits the stores I will convert my primary desktop PC to Linux (I have two Linux boxes already). I'm not too anxious to let my PC upload data to Microsoft/US Government about whether I am a terrorist or not.

2000 and Xp crash? Didn't notice. Want to give some examples?

 

[destrukt]

Well ya see at this point I'm doing great with XP. That is probably where most poeple are sitting. And most of the features in Vista I think of as extras. But I'm in a spot where both my hardware (AGP) and my OS (XP) are going to start being outdated if I want to upgrade my GFX power. So when I upgrade my system and buy a DX10 card then I'll jump in with Vista as well for sure.

I might change my mind about those other features as 'extras' just like I did with Xp before I got it. Because I enjoy XPs 'extras' now. hehe

sounds like a good plan.

i'm going to get it asap and my new system will be here in a few days (thanks for help in my thread ) so my plan is to just upgrade my vid card about 1st or 2nd quarter next year.

i actually put off getting xp for awhile, not sure why, i just wasn't really into the bleeding edge or whatever back then, but hot damn, was there a difference between 98 and xp, it was almsot as big as when i went from ms-dos to 3.1.


xp [especially so after sp2] is solid and does not have continuous/random crashing, unless you have serious hardware/driver problems.

 

[Steven]

hell no

 

[Kyorisu]

Bugger DX 10 and bugger Vista. Overall it's been the same damn thing except they rearranged the control panel to confuse us, and all those network settings are bloody ridiculous.

"Cannot rename local area connection 5 [Yes 5 after plugging into a second network] to local area connection, reason: already exists." Funny Vista I can't see it anywhere.

XP could have DX 10 but the're using it to push their next crappy product onto us [Halo 2 anyone?]. Frankly once XP support seems to die off I'm switching fully to Ubuntu or something similar it has everything I need.

 

[Space Farm]

Bugger DX 10 and bugger Vista. Overall it's been the same damn thing except they rearranged the control panel to confuse us, and all those network settings are bloody ridiculous.

"Cannot rename local area connection 5 [Yes 5 after plugging into a second network] to local area connection, reason: already exists." Funny Vista I can't see it anywhere.

XP could have DX 10 but the're using it to push their next crappy product onto us [Halo 2 anyone?]. Frankly once XP support seems to die off I'm switching fully to Ubuntu or something similar it has everything I need.

Aye - same here. It's a pain in the ass to game on Linux though and I wish companies like Adobe would release linux ports!

 

[destrukt]

oh shutup, you cynical morons say the same thing in every vista thread.

like any of you know whether they could [easily] implement dx10 in xp, and have a freaking cry, did all the os9 users cry when osx had quartz ? be quiet.

here is a post i made months ago and i've copied/pasted it countless times because of cynical/ignorant/clueless/ugly people.

-- i updated it a bit.

here are some of the new things in vista:

- aero [glass/express] is more then how it looks, but how it is coded/rendered (everything being a 3d object and so on, go do some research on avalon and other new api's) .. also includes things like flip 3d & live taskbar previews.
- security including new user account protection, bitdefender, ie7 (protected mode / new/better ssl support, addr bar showing on every window, greater phishing site detection and much more), parental controls, new/better firewall, full volume encryption, improved efs/smartcard support, new crypto tech, windows service hardening (all processes run with lowest-possible privileges & in isolation) & more.
- new/improved windows explorer .. it's just plain 10x better.
- new/improved start menu .. also just plain better.
- instant search including new virtual folder feature.
- new quality control process [ http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/.../23/455193.asp ].
- new installer & deployment technology.
- new versions of bunbled apps + new bundled apps, like calender, new wmp, new mc, sidebar, gadgets and so on.
- better performance including superfetch, readyboost, new audio/network stack.
- vastly improved networking, in every way though the new ui may be confusing.
- new app platforms/apis including winfx, avalon, indigo, metro and so on.
- greater orgianisation including better ingeration of search, better and new use of metadata and so on.
- kernel is more or less rewritten.
- better kernel (things like heap/io has been addressed, which had some serious problems in xp) / user mode interaction, so driver problems/full system crashes are a thing of the past.
- dx10.
- new/better power options especially for mobility.
- new/better backup options.
- new/improved home user features; windows movie maker (can author dvds now), wmp 11 & media centre, windows photo gallery & so on.
- new/improved mobility features; sync centre, tablet pc & so on.
- new/improved business features; windows meeting space, more modular design & so on.

.. so, if you can say that it is just xp is dumbed down & whatever, i reserve the right to call you a freaking idiot/lemming.

the only things i won't be using are probably the mobility/power features as i have a macbook pro, so vista will be on my desktop though i'll probably end up installing it via bootcamp.

honestly, if you guys are going to continue to make the same stupid posts, over and over again, just stay the hell out of the threads, lol. :stare:

.. and us much as you [gamers] want dx10 and so on, it certainly isn't the only main selling point for vista, yes, there actually is more to vista than dx10, i know, it sounds crazy !


i went a little 'insult crazy'.. ignore them.

edit: 3000th post, neat; do i get a prize, or is there a club i'm in now ?!

 

[Someone]

As with many: I think I'll wait a bit until I hear from others how it's running.

But, even if I read/hear it's running perfectly, I'm fairly happy with XP and haven't had any horrible issues. More so, there aren't any new features that make me stand up and want to rush to the store to drop a couple hundred bucks on it, and I'm not in the market for a dx10 card anytime soon so that's not all important to me right now

...so I'll wait.

 

[Space Farm]

Most of that stuff you posted is useless (not the post, the points).

Whop-de-doo 3d glass? It's a gimmick and I bet it's slow and takes up the resources.

I mean XP is fine. I don't even run an anti-virus, I never get BSOD's, I don't get hacked because I have a hardware firewall, I don't use "business features", networking works fine at home as it is with 3 machines (1 being a linux box), who needs bundled apps when you have sites like neowin and aqua-soft? I don't need instant search, although it would be nice nothing to pay 300$ for.

The only things I see worth upgrading for is DX10 and the new installer technology. I don't give a flying **** about the other stuff.

If it aint broke, why fix it?

 

[Garfield_]

I'm for sure interested in Vista, a new Windows is always really cool. A next-gen PC with next-gen Windows, what beats that?

 

[VictimOfScience]

I am looking forward to it, but I will cautiously wait while the early adopters get things straightened out. And I won't be buying a DX10 card until a bunch of games come out that actually use the tech (Halo2 will not be one of them though).

 

[satch919]

Yeah, that's what I'll be saving up for. I like the look of Vista and by the time it comes out early next year, I'll be needing a new PC. Since Microsoft delayed the release, that gives me more faith in them trying to iron out the bugs, ensure stability and security.