Who's Moving Up To Windows Vista?

Mike Finley

Nobody? Anybody? I'm not sure, but I'm betting ole Mr. Gates isn't too happy as the first reviews are hitting the papers and it seems like most of what they are saying is don't bother. I've heard everything from waste of money, to most people can't run it anyways because of the 1 -2 gig of ram recommendations, or just to wait and when you buy a new computer some day get it then.

Doesn't seem to be any killer features with it to make it a must have.

Teetorbilt

Not me! IMHO they never really got Win98 worked out!

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dougchips

Somewhere I posted an email that Quickbooks sent me saying that I would have to upgrade to QB07 or my version would not work with vista. So no vista for me unless someone can show me how it will rock my world.

ProWallGuy

No interest here. Plus, anybody who downloads/buys something brand new from M$ is a fool. Best to wait for all the bugs and crap to get worked out. Maybe I'll look at it after they release Service Pack 7 or whatever for it.

Sidenote, Nathan just bought a laptop with it, maybe he'll give a review soon.

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Nathan

Yea, I just ordered it from HP tonight. I've needed a new laptop for a while and have been waiting for Vista to come out to upgrade. I'm a sucker for new tech.

I've played with it in the store and I like it. It's not a huge change (still windows) but there is a lot of eye candy and media stuff to play with. I like how everything "flows".

I'll let you guys know how it is once I get it. It's going to take 2 weeks or so for me to get it since it's a custom order.

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gcajnr21

BUY A MAC.

Best computer by far. They seem scary but they are way easier than a Windows PC. I can Do everything you do on a windows OS on my MAC easier than you can on your PC. WORD,PP,EXCEL....... everything! and its faster and easier.

My MAC gets NO viruses so i dont have to buy virus protection every year like you do. My mac never crashes and i keep it on for weeks at a time. Its so simple because the guys who design the mac computers are like me and you they want the best in every aspect of a computer, so they design macs to be just about perfect! There is only one MAC.

I tell you what just give mac a try! Go to apple.com and go to the operating system page and check out the demos.

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Nathan

I have tried to get used to a Mac and really thought about getting one this time but I just can't get used to it.
I'm sure if I was new to computers it would be a good move but I just know Windows so well it's a big jump for me. Also, they are too expensive.

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Woz the Painter

just get some windex, and clean up your old windows...

gcajnr21

Just convert and buy one they are quite a-bit cheaper Apples to Apples.

Just Buy one it will force you to learn, and once you learn you will be like "This is 10x easier and better than windows" I still get on windows PC's like @ my folks(soon to be converted because of crashes and viruses) but they are just so much harder to work on Xp is slow and workflow is slow. MAC=Faster more productive

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BlenderWizard

i dunno, but how is gaming on a mac? That, and, AFAIK, I can't put a mac together from parts. Keep your PC.

I am thinking of going to Linux, though

Danahy

I'm waiting on vista..stickin' to XP for now. My P4 still runs great, think I'll get atleast another 2 yrs out of her. I like the fact of getting more candy to chew on, as I'm sort of a closet techie.

Am also leaning towards a Mac for my next buy. I am totally used to windows, and am ok with it, but as time goes on, techie things start to get buggy... I'm looking to ease into something alittle more stable like a Mac.

Mike Finley

As far as Mac vs PC, it's not really about the computer, it's about the software isn't it?

I heard Office runs like crap on Mac and that even after all this time the lack of software available for Macs is still their biggest problem. If the answer is to use the Mac and emulate a PC with a dual boot, forget it, why bother with a Mac if all you are going to do is pretend it's a PC? I don't have an Ipod or use my computer to hang out at coffee shops with the hipsters it's only for making money so I'm probably more like the dumpy guy on the Mac commercials than the cool guy.

Danahy

Mac's aren't soo bad. They kinda blow, but seem to be more for a specific crowd. I signed up to help kids learn how to use the computer at my daughters school 8 years ago... When I got there, I was floored to find they were using Mac's... What the?... Anyhow, The biggest thing I found is that Mac puts things where windows doesn't, and sometimes the same function that windows has, Mac just calls it something else.

Around here we need;
music for the kids
photo's (before and afters + family photos)
My programs to run QB's and such....
Maybe a game or two.

It may just look like a comfortable couch to me at the moment, that's just my opinion of where I see myself a few years down the road. Haven't given up totally on windows just yet, although I still find myself waking up in the middle of the night, cold sweats, thinking that one day the blue screen of death will once again come along and ruin my life...

pn70

I'm a fool, but have always been a computer geek on the side.

I did buy the Vista upgrade the other day, backed up all my important files to DVD's, added another gig of memory and started the install. Trying to get the install going was not so easy, Vista did not have an appropriate driver for my SATA controller so I had to download the correct driver and then the Vista install went well. The only weird thing that happened was once the install was done, my DVD/CD player mysteriously stopped working. This is the DVD/CD player that Vista installed from, never showed an issue while installing, just stopped reading any media after the install...WEIRD. I spent many hours trying to research online for potential driver issues in regards to CD/DVD player, updated driver, flashed mother board BIOS to the latest update and none of these brought my player back to life. Finally...I ripped out the DVD/CD player from my kids computer and temporarily hooked it up to my pc and was happy to see their player worked. Then I hooked up my non-functioning player to the kids XP machine and it did not work on that pc either so i just summed it up to weird timing of hardware failure.

So I purchased a new DVD/CD player burner from best buy and everything is finally good.

Initial impressions on Vista....it's very intuitive, it is better designed to accomodate the way we use digital media (photos, music, movies, etc...) and my kids found it more intuitive as I would have expected.

I build a new PC every year for myself and always give my old PC to my kids which is a nice upgrade for them

My pc only had 1 gig of memory, so I installed another gig before the Vista install just to make sure the pc was not going to struggle. 1 gig is recommended but I believe the PC would struggle a bit with only a gig.

My recommendation to you guys is to wait it out and if you cannot wait, buy a new pc with Vista already on it unless you are a computer geek and enjoy the challenge or if you recently purchased your pc, it should upgrade with minimal issues. I don't think I'd upgrade any computer to Vista over 3 years old.

I will keep you guys updated as time goes by but so far the fresh look and more intuitive features are very welcomed.

AAPaint

I'm not jumping on the bandwagon with microsoft. The thing that angers me the most is they are making DirectX 10 exclusive to Vista. That means if you buy a video card with DX10 capability, and want to play DX10 games you will be forced to upgrade. I'm sick of microsoft, but there is no way in hell I'm switching to a mac.

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Mike Finley

LOL, you're getting squeezed by the 'man' from both sides!

mickeyco

Not all that long ago I upgraded to XP from Windows 95 (computer on for over a year without a crash or having to reboot), only because of USB/Firewire and hardware. It'll be the same for Vista, I won't do it until I have no choice. I miss DOS and if they made enough software I'd use Unix, Mac would be my last choice, I was offered a "nice" Mac for free and turned it down.

Double-A

Intel givith and Microsoft taketh away.

Seems to be the way of the computer chip world. Just when you have more processor power and speedy RAM than the software can use, Microsoft decides it needs 80 processes to start its operating system, instead of about 20.

{sigh}

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Ben76

With any new Mac you buy, the Intel processor allows you to RUN Windows, not just emulate it like the old chip. And, from personal experience, I can tell you it blows most PCs away.

I have a Mac laptop and a Windows desktop, but I definately prefer the Mac.

The thing that kind of sucks with Macs is how often they update the operating system. I'm still using OS 10.3.9, and 10.4 has been out for a long time already. 10.5 is not that far off! At over 100 bucks a pop to have the very latest, it's not worth it.

Ben