I would like to know how many people are really looking forward to the relase of Vista so I have created a Poll. It is not necessary to say whether you will use Vista Home or Vista Ultimate.

As soon as I get my 8800gtx I will seriously think about it. Where the poll? Im blind. Will have to see how crysis plays on XP pro. If its good but theres just something missing then most likely will get vista.

The poll is at the head of the thread Greg, thanks

I wouldn't say I'll stay with XP "no matter what", but I'll certainly stick with XP as long as it's supported (no option for that one, thus I didn't vote).

Vista doesn't exactly thrill me at the moment

I will probably stay with XP on my desktop machine which is used more like a server.

For my laptop which is my everyday machine, I will wait until Vista has sorted out most bugs and most software is compatible. Then I'll make a decision whether to upgrade or not.

Depending on how long this takes, I might wait until upgrading my hardware.

I love anything new to try out ,
but at the moment IE 7 dosent recognise my printer,and was told at pc shop that works on my computer VISTA kneeds 1 gig of Memory.

Why is Vista considered an "upgrade"? Still using Win2000 here and VERY satisfied with it. Vista will contain support for all sorts of DRM and massive bloatware.
So I think the poll needs another option: none of the above.

You are correct CDan, I should have taken more time to choose the options. My main point was to see if a massive amount of members will be waiting on line to get Vista on the 31st when it is released. It will have an effect on alot of software here on the forum, especially the freeware if people choose the 64 bit version. Alot of drivers are not signed yet.

Exactly, this is why it doesn't thrill me.

I'd prefer to stay away from Vista precisely because of the DRM it supports. For me, if I go Vista, then I feel like I'm saying DRM is ok, and hence, saying it's ok to continue depriving us of our fair use rights.

Good point Quema34. I believe you are not alone concerning this issue.

I played around with Vista Beta&RC's last year and 64-bit was great, if it weren't for the "digitally signed" drivers it needs. With 32-bit I got some weird CPU-usage and buffer problems when burning (of all things) on my mobo. After that I set up a minimal XP in RAID-0 and there's no looking back for me. Won't need Vista any time soon. Too much hard disk trashing as well (all kinds of indexing, Defender and other Big Brother stuff I guess).

That's a major reason why I'm not overly excited about Vista.

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The massive DRM is also the reason why I don't believe in Blu-ray or HD-DVD and hope they both will fail in their current form.

I will not be using Vista for some time.
I cannot understand why there is not an outcry regarding the pricing structure, it is way to expensive for an operating system with a few goodies thrown in, considering the potential world market.

not sure, as i'm thinking of a new PC, which may come with Vista installed

I'll probably stay with XP as long as it's supported .
I like the occasional pc game but I hate drm.
If I have to build a new PC any time soon there's a good chance that it will be a dual boot that runs Linux/XP.

I'll stick with W2k

Same way I'm thinking... when the time is ripe for a new PC, will be the only time I'll consider Vista - hopefully by the time XP goes out of support, most of the potential exploits will already have been shaken down and fixed.

Vista = fluff, bloat & more DRM

I ran Win 3.11 to the point when hardware and software support was getting to be an issue, Win98 up to getting a new system with XP - on that basis, I'd really be looking to hold off until whatever comes after Vista, and by that time, maybe Linux will make the breakthrough.

The only reason I switched to XP was DVD-RAM support and future hardware upgrades (Creative audio that only got drvs for XP). So I will stay with XP for as long as all my hardware is covered. .. and then I'll learn Linux.

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Can't say I'm too bothered. Most of the cosmetics are available already.
I was one of the first with XPPro. Icould well be the last.

i just switched to linux because of a few factors.

1. the price for vista is crazy and i am getting tired of spending several hundred bucks every few years. i bought win95,win98, winme what a joke and then xp at that will be my last purchase of windows

2. the hardware you will need to run vista are too high for me. i mean you will need to build a beast to run it fast. since i switched to linux my computer runs much faster.

3. no spyware and no viruses for now atleast is really nice

4. FREE SOFTWARE!!!! and good software i had no idea how good it was until i tried some of them.

i've been using ubuntu and has very good support in there forums and i think very user friendly.

Well I've been running VISTA for a long time already (As a legal beta tester) and a copy sent by M$ so I guess I have no choice. I am running VISTA on a dual boot with Windows XP Pro SP2 - But honestly I would not totally migrate to VISTA just yet, mind you I've beta tested since VISTA was available and I have no complaints, on a powerful enough system it runs great, I found games to load faster and play faster too, BUT the OS is bloaty, takes a lot of HD space (8 GB for the ultimate version ) If I didn't have the opportunity to use this free I would not bother (it's expensive) my legal copy of VISTA expires sometimes in 2007, so I still have a few more months to enjoy it )

Tried vista.on a very powerful rig. It is nice but.... for the first time I wasn't eager to switch to this new OS.
I was very impressed with win 95 , 98 se, (Millenium sucked big time), win 2k , win xp
and every time I had the chance I immediately switched to the new OS. But Vista....
didn't run quite smoothly on my super rig , (raid 0 , 2 gig ram 80 mhz, 6600 dual core, 1950 pro ati) , plus I cannot understand how M$ ask so much for an OS that needs so many resources for the DRM "proper functioning". And i gotta say that strangely enough i saw some resemblance of the GUI with the one from Suse Linux

The bad part is that future games that will rely on DX 10 will function only on Vista since Direct X 10 won't be released for XP.
I would't switch too soon to Vista. For the moment I think it is not worth it

Already have it - Love it. Some of whats been posted in this thread is simply regurgitated bullocks based on rumours from blogs written by those with a passion for hating M$ that are simply not factual.

Yes Driver support sucks at present but at the rate that working drivers have been getting churned out (from Nov to now) it will not be an issue. Bloated? Not if your half IT literate. DRM? Yet to see any ill effects, I'm still doing everything that I've done on XP. Bugs? nothing to speak of and what I have found was not relative to the OS (but yes there are bugs).

M$ Fanboi? Hell no - I love my ix's and ux's but I tell you what M$ have really got my attention with this OS. When I received it I wanted to do my best to prove it would crumble beneath me. What I actually found was that it was one of the most stable platforms I've ever worked with (as far as a GUI based OS goes).

My point is - dont knock it til you try it (or at least see it in action).

Sure, people will use it because it comes with their new PC. They just won't know how much faster their system would run on W2K, XP or Linux (what with a 300-400MB base-line RAM usage and Aero interface - most hardware will be obsolete after January 31st).