Vista: Get it now or wait?

[Plane Sailing]

Many of the features are available for XP as well, AFAIK.

Indeed, the fact that asp.net 3.0 (aka winfx) is available for XP means that I can do interesting programming on and for XP, and has informed my decision to revert to XP.

The instant search and the virtual folders... well, there are applications that do those kind of things, and I've tried and ditched almost all of them I could find. I've only seen it work well in the OS (here, and 8 years ago on BeOS).

Cheers

 

[Ranger REG]

Vista DRM was created to protect HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. In a nutshell, this is about protecting Sony's interests - not yours. That's the "feature" you get when you "upgrade" to Vista.

"Upgrade" away my friend.

Sony? What does the HD-DVD format have to do with Sony, the proponent and developer of Blu-Ray?

I can understand the visual degradation part. If I can't watch a commercially published hi-def DVD or video on my PC and monitor/HDTV in its intended original high quality, then I agree, that's not good, especially if you're providing an OS platform to replace the Media Center OS. I can understand copying said video -- which is something I cannot understand why a copy of an original must be deliberately degraded -- but not when viewing.

 

[John Crichton]

Wow, I was pumped for Vista, as I loves me some new technology. Wasn't planning on upgrading right away but I was planning on getting a new rig sometime later this year. This is a bummer.

Not a huge deal for me as I have a PS3 and a Xbox360 to watch movies/TV on at HD quality but still a bummer. As long as it doesn't fark with PC videogames, I'm ok with it until MS comes to their senses and fixes this.

 

[Ranger REG]

Wow, I was pumped for Vista, as I loves me some new technology. Wasn't planning on upgrading right away but I was planning on getting a new rig sometime later this year. This is a bummer.

Not a huge deal for me as I have a PS3 and a Xbox360 to watch movies/TV on at HD quality but still a bummer. As long as it doesn't fark with PC videogames, I'm ok with it until MS comes to their senses and fixes this.

Unless someone is working on developing high-definition PC games.

 

[John Crichton]

Sony? What does the HD-DVD format have to do with Sony, the proponent and developer of Blu-Ray?

I'm assuming he meant Sony as in "Sony and all companies like them who have a big stake in the HD game."

 

[John Crichton]

Unless someone is working on developing high-definition PC games.

That actually doesn't make too much sense. PC games can already run in what is considered HD resolutions.

 

[death tribble]

As someone who works in IT, I would say wait.

Wait until they start ironing the bugs out that they don't even know exist yet. Then get it.

New PC ? Yeah for that. Currently ? No.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Add me to the list of people that would recommend not upgrading. I admittedly use XP Pro, and refuse to use the "Home" versions of Windows in any form, but XP Pro works fine.

On the desktop? Wow, some corps need to re-evaluate their desktop rotation.

As for servers, yeah, we have plenty of W2k Servers (many were replaced with Linux, of course, most were web servers).

I went in to interview for a temp job doing clerical work, and every training program they had was in Win2k, and Office 2000. When I commented on this, they told me that there was a significant percentage of companies that haven't upgraded.

 

[Mercule]

As someone who works in IT, I would say wait.

Wait until they start ironing the bugs out that they don't even know exist yet. Then get it.

New PC ? Yeah for that. Currently ? No.

That would probably be my actual recommendation, too. I'm a bleeding-edger, so I don't mind betas and first release software. Part of my enthusiasm comes from that.

I think Vista is a good platform (except for the DRM), but it isn't exactly compelling enough to drop $300 on it, right now. If you get a new computer, I wouldn't shy away from Vista, but there isn't any reason for most people to run headlong into it, either.

 

[drothgery]

I think Vista is a good platform (except for the DRM), but it isn't exactly compelling enough to drop $300 on it, right now. If you get a new computer, I wouldn't shy away from Vista, but there isn't any reason for most people to run headlong into it, either.

Yeah. That was pretty much the same deal as XP vs. Win2K (though not 9x/ME -- anyone running 9x who could upgrade to XP should have done it). Except the bugaboo was activation for XP instead of DRM in Vista.