the more i use vista...

[Fender]

no

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=592

Ahhh... so Windows Seven in 2012 then. Thanks.

[scared?]

the one silver lining to all this fagotry is there is a really good oem version out there so no need to waste ur money on a shitty product...lol?...

[Turbine]

Windows Se7en... Be very afraid!

[SOAPboy]

a valid reason
"1 reason" could also be "because tomorrow's wednesday!". yea its "one reason" but its not a very good one ey

It is a good reason. Assuming said person wants DX10 games to be in DX10 instead of DX9.


This having to manually edit quotes is driving me fucking mad. Fix it.

[R00k]

Ahhh... so Windows Seven in 2012 then. Thanks.

Gee, maybe they'll include WinFS in THIS one.

[obsidian]

I agree with Foo, if you got Vista with a new computer, great. It's a small upgrade. But I wouldn't go out of my way to upgrade from XP.

I'm currently dual booting Vista on my iMac. It runs pretty well and hardware seems to do well with Boot Camp and Parallels. 10% chance it will hang on bootup, though I'm not sure if that's a problem with Boot Camp or Vista or a little of both.

My other computers are running XP Pro, Media Center 2005, and Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu is my favorite for innovation.

Edit: oh, I got Vista for free from work, which is why I have a copy without "going out of my way".


And I hope Windows 7 turns out to be everything that Microsoft over-promised and under-delivered with Vista while they were showing off Longhorn. Pretty disappointing how the "Wow" turned into "Meh".

[seremtan]

no

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=592

but yes

The Windows teams a while back set themselves the goal of releasing new versions of Windows client and Windows server every two years, alternating between major and minor releases.

obviously they won't achieve that in this case however

[seremtan]

No need to upgrade for it now, probably won't be for a year or two. As discussed in a previous thread though, I had to concede that if you're buying a new PC, there's little point in sticking with XP, may as well get one with Vista.

um, no? you may as well get XP and just upgrade when vista becomes necessary

[Dr_Watson]

I agree with Foo, if you got Vista with a new computer, great. It's a small upgrade. But I wouldn't go out of my way to upgrade from XP.

and i will admit that i have vista because of two reasons:
1. it was free through academic MSDN download
2. the two computers that have it were both fresh builds on clean disks

it was like... do i reinstall xp or just say fuck it and put on the new shiny stuff
xp in that situation is actually more of a burden since i know i'd be installing vista in a year or so anyway.
mind as well do it on day 1 and not have to worry about doing another os install for another 3 or 4 years.

[Foo]

No need to upgrade for it now, probably won't be for a year or two. As discussed in a previous thread though, I had to concede that if you're buying a new PC, there's little point in sticking with XP, may as well get one with Vista.

um, no? you may as well get XP and just upgrade when vista becomes necessary

OEM cost is much lower than retail pricing, and they've closed a lot of the loopholes that allowed you to buy an OEM windows copy with any piece of hardware like a hard drive. Now you really need to purchase a full system.

[Dr_Watson]

also, why get another copy of xp if you already have one?
even if you're not planning on running it right away, get the OEM vista, install your old xp and leave vista on the shelf until SP1 comes out... then install and patch it.

[obsidian]

Seems as if the OEM version of Vista is available for purchase here in Canada, without buying any actual hardware:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... =Microsoft

OEM may be a bit of trouble if you need to swap hardware, in particular, the motherboard, the only exception being a replaced motherboard for warranty repair.

[scared?]

its available for free actually...and there r no problem with anything...

[raw]

Vista fucking suck imo.

[Scourge]

No need to upgrade for it now, probably won't be for a year or two. As discussed in a previous thread though, I had to concede that if you're buying a new PC, there's little point in sticking with XP, may as well get one with Vista.

um, no? you may as well get XP and just upgrade when vista becomes necessary

Why buy 2 OS's when you can just go ahead and have Vista already? XP had compatibility and other issues when it came out also, they were fixed. Vista will be the same way. I personally have had no problems so far. I'm also with Foo, no 'need' to upgrade but with a new pc, or as in my case a free copy, might as well.

[seremtan]

well, i got a new PC at easter and got XP, which i know works with everything i want, instead of vista, which i know doesn't. when it does, then i'll bother

[Denz]

Dual Boot. Vista for all the new games coming out in the next few months and XP for everything else.

[seremtan]

hm sneaky

[Geebs]

Dual Boot. Vista for all the new games coming out in the next few months and XP for everything else.

Dual boot. Mac OS for creative stuff and XP for games

[Foo]

QUADROOOOPLE BOOT

[plained]

Hiya! i am vista !

bend over!

[Foo]

I said quadruple, not quadraplegic

[plained]

I said baaa, not baaaaa

fixed!

[Foo]

Bap Bap Mwar

[plained]

glad to see ur tear in ur hanky!

keep it that way lamma!