[weggy]

So Vista hits the market on the 30th, with Microsoft spouting that it will be so secure, you won't need anti-virus, and its the most stable windows ever, and it will wash your car...

Blah blah.

I've been prepping some Vista PCs at work, and have so far seen 3 BSODs, as well as initial boot times of 30 minutes or more. But,
what does everyone else here think of Vista? Are you going to rush out and buy it on release day? Could you care less? Are there any new features that scare you, or those you are excited about?

[The Damned]

I think the old Vista thread is still around somewhere. Most of the comments are about the DRMing of media files and some other complaints.

I'm not getting it. I already have a legit (and expensive) copy of Windows XP 64-bit last summer, I don't need to upgrade, I like having control over my files, and I don't want to use up all my processing power and RAM having slightly smoother looking windows.

Fuck Vista.

[Villainelle]

Originally Posted by The Damned

Fuck Vista.

QFMFE.

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.html

[Avatar of Justice]

Originally Posted by weggy

I've been prepping some Vista PCs at work, and have so far seen 3 BSODs, as well as initial boot times of 30 minutes or more. But,
what does everyone else here think of Vista? Are you going to rush out and buy it on release day? Could you care less? Are there any new features that scare you, or those you are excited about?

I'm pretty excited about the extra DRM. Freedom is overrated.

[Bahamut]

I'll get Vista when I build a new desktop. For now, it doesn't concern me though. I do think complaints about Vista are a little overblown, as little as I may like them.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Wait a few years until you need a new computer when the Vista will have been updated a few dozen times and the thing is packaged with the essential hardware so you can be spared the headache. They're really aiming to make the Vista upgrade a hardware upgrade beyond just the software anyway.

[bouncerboy15]

I'll wait until SP1 or SP2 comes out for it.

[Zoola]

Originally Posted by Leah

QFMFE.

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.html

Please, PLEASE someone call bullshit on that one. I really don't want that to be true.

[KWarp]

Admittedly, I know very little about Vista and really don't care that much. I don't find the OS upgrade all that appealing or useful for my purposes. The new Mac OS excites me much more.

[OverCoat]

From the responses to Vista I've seen so far, everyone who hasn't used Vista yet [predictably] hates it, but the people who've tried the OS say it's quite an improvement over XP.

I'd frankly like to see less "prediction" [in all fields, not just elite geekery, but that's for another topic] from people who have never even used it, but shove these cryptic insider reports all over the internet. Wait a bit, K? You could try it out in a store and it will probably be much better than XP, given Microsoft's OS track record.