Windows Vista now or wait?

[dgdosen]

Time Machine?

The difference is that when eye-candy is added to OSX, it has a purpose, instead of just slowing down the system like Aero...

I agree with you on Media Center, but Leopard will have Time Machine (really important, and not just a useless extra) and hopefully other useful apps that people will feel they need

Windows has Intelli-mirror and versioning - and System Restore on the client... Is time-machine copying? Of course not, backup is an important feature on any OS...

Windows 3D interface isn't just eye-candy, it's more than that... Although it is pretty...

 

[ReanimationLP]

Wait for iTunes to work better under Vista if you have an iPod.

Currently with the version of iTunes thats out, when you plug in to sync your iPod, the entire machine hangs for a few minutes, plus then iTunes performance under Vista is horrible compared to XP.

 

[dgdosen]

Wait for iTunes to work better under Vista if you have an iPod.

Currently with the version of iTunes thats out, when you plug in to sync your iPod, the entire machine hangs for a few minutes, plus then iTunes performance under Vista is horrible compared to XP.

FUD

 

[Bern]

[posted in another thread, but more relevant to this discussion]

My XP Pro ran out of validations and when I called M$ to get them to reactivate it the woman on the phone refused. She advised me to purchase Vista instead. So yesterday I went shopping around to get Vista and every place I went to (about 12 retailers) all advised me not to get it, but to get XP Pro. They all acknowledged that Vista is "....too buggy.." and 3 of them even told me they have customers who have bought pc's with Vista pre-installed come back to buy XP Pro and have Vista removed.

 

[synth3tik]

Have anyone run Windows Vista Ultimate version on Mac Pro 2.6GHz with only 1GB of Ram? Will my Mac Pro run Windows Vista fine? Many have suggested 2GB, but why so much? Is Window Vista that much of a Ram hog? If I can run Windows Vista fine, should I go with x86 Version? Currently Bootcamp only support x86 Version? I don't want to run X64 Bits if they both the same. Any benefit in running X64 Version at all?

Thanks

Frankly the experience is mediocre at best.

Vista is just not to par with the hardware.

Frankly I would run XP if you need windows. I made a mistake and work bought me Vista Ultimate to place on my MBP, I really wished I would have had them give me XP.

 

[contoursvt]

I"m not sure if this will be relevant or not, but I did install Vista on my second computer (notebook) and its the business edition on a single core Centrino based PC notebook with 768mb RAM and intel GMA graphics. Its not very zippy but its not that much slower than XP was.

IMO buying XP is a mistake becuase everything is moving forward from this point. Everyone complained about XP until SP2 came out and then it was very good. Vista is still waiting for a service pack. So what happens to the people who go out and buy XP now and then find that Vista has improved lots due to a service pack ?

I say just get it, deal with the quirks because it only gets better as there is more developed for it and updates are released.

 

[skinnylegs]

I say just get it, deal with the quirks

 

[RCElectricFlyer]

IMO buying XP is a mistake becuase everything is moving forward from this point. Everyone complained about XP until SP2 came out and then it was very good. Vista is still waiting for a service pack. So what happens to the people who go out and buy XP now and then find that Vista has improved lots due to a service pack ?

I say just get it, deal with the quirks because it only gets better as there is more developed for it and updates are released.

I agree. There's been a lot of fuss about Vista's shortcomings. People run across some unsupported hardware they happen to have and spout off in all manner of media that Vista is crap and that they've uninstalled it to return to XP. They don't say a thing when the updated driver is released a few weeks later and the problem is gone.

And who's fault is it that the drivers weren't available? It isn't as though the hardware manufacturers didn't know Vista was coming!

Anywho...

Rob

 

[ReanimationLP]

FUD

Trust me, it isnt FUD. iTunes is slow as hell under Vista.

 

[AHDuke99]

i tried vista recently .. and while the UI is nicer than XP's , it really isnt worth the upgrade right now. many things didnt work, lots werent supported. maybe in a year from now it will be, but for now, stick with XP unless you are looking to run HALO 2 or something.

 

[1dterbeest]

i bought XP for these reasons:

cheaper
my MBP only has 512mb ram right now
i only need windows rarely, for a few apps
XP runs better under parallels right now

for me, Vista would have been more trouble than its worth. I don't need to bother getting to know a new OS i rarely use. I don't have to pay as much money. I dont have to worry about Vista hogging my memory when i use it in a virtual machine (limited to 192mb of RAM!). For many of you Vista will be nice, but I certainly didn't need/want it.

 

[ezekielrage_99]

Vista runs fine...It's just the viruses that are annoying :/

You forgot spyware, crashes, dumb question boxes and those stupid convoluted pop-ups......