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I think im going to at least give it a year after its released then think about it!.. however, i might possibly just wait until i get a new machine in order to avoid any major hassles that will quite surely happen!

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I'm torn.. on the one hand you have all the graphic flare and slick interface work but, on the other you have TPM, the holy grail untouchable 64 bit kernel, and a general feeling that if Microsoft could interfere more with your media viewing ability, they would.

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Most of us see the holy grail untouchable 64 bit kernel as good thing - protection from whatever Sony or some other media company may decide to throw onto their media. As for upgrading, I currently dual-boot RC2 and plan to get the proper version as soon as I can get it for under $100 (I can currently get WinXP Pro for $50 Canadian from my university). I'm going to be dual-booting for a while though, since Vista has problems with just about every decent suite of burning and virtual drive software out there. As well as issues with a large number of OpenGL games (not that this wasn't expected).

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Running it now [RC2], beautiful interface [though still a few kinks to work out] and the OS is improved in a lot of areas.

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No way I'm upgrading. If my next computer is a PC (and not a shiny new Mac...ahem) then I'll pick up a pre-fab Vista-fied machine. Until then, my computer is just as fine as it needs to be for the moment.

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Not before atleast 6 months after Vista is released. I would like to stay away with it until there is a compelling reason to use it (All the world uses it/Important Software or Security releases not available).

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Refuse to upgrade to WinVista -- what exactly is the value-add beyond the pretty interface? Going to stick with dual-booting a fresh reinstall of WinXP and Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft)...

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I will handle it the same way as my W2K to Xp transition: I used W2K until June this year - until I had a new scanner that only came with XP drivers.

Vista does NOTHING new - all my important apps (Office 2000, Photoshop, Firefox, FreeHand, PsPad, Skype etc.) will run fine on good old XP for another four years or so.

So why waste money on something I don't need?

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I do not think I'll be upgrading to vista until 2008 at least. I was a a PC guy right up until the day I bought my mac. It has really shown me how unreliable windows can be (XP especially), and it's 5 years old!

If I do upgrade to Vista, it will be solely to play PC games that require direct X 10.

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I am still on the fence, I am hearing too much about pc rebuild limitations. I do a lot of those so I might be looking else where.

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I heard that direct X 10 will only be with Vista and not down loadable for XP users.
I don't know if that is true but if it is all hardcore gamers will be making the change in 07.

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Vista is absolutely gorgeous. I was going to install it over xp using bootcamp on my MBP. I changed my mind after the onerous licensing terms and EULA became public. Sorry microsoft...I considered purchasing my first copy of windows since win98...but until your licensing is more like OSX, I'm steering clear.

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They will has to steal my Amiga from my cold, dead hands

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I was originally hoping to buy components for a major PC upgrade, and do a clean Vista install on the new configuration, around Christmas. With the current hardware market, that is making less sense all the time. In fact, I don't see any point in moving to Vista until DirectX 10 video cards come on the market (and I'm still trying to figure out when I can expect that), and probably not until the second generation of DX10 video cards are released to work out the bugs.

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I enjoyed running the RC1, gave me a chance to try Vista, but shoot my favorite games run super on XP and I surf the net and do important stuff with Fedora, so much safer and stable then windows will ever be

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From all reviews / reports so far, I see zero benefit in moving to Vista. In fact it seems to be far more restrictive and limiting compared to XP so why bother.
When SP1 comes out then hopefully there'll be reasonable support and work arounds to the many limitations being introduced at this stage.

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I'll upgrade to Vista the day Microsoft dumps its anti-consumer BS. In other words, the day Bill Gates builds a snowman in hell.

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I'm upgrading as soon as it's out. This will be the first copy of Windows I'll buy outright (e.g. not pre-installed on my machine) since Windows 95...

If Mac heads can shell out $129 every time Apple adds a new feature, I think I can shell out $159 for Home Premium and the inevitable plethora of free updates that will come in the years to follow.

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I mainly use my home pc for mail and games. Games in the *only* reason I have WinXP to begin with. By the time XP is no longer supported, the 'play windows games on Linux' effort should be good enough for me to switch over.

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You left out a "wait a year" option, which feels about right to me!

Here's the bottom line: I love XP. (I'm, like, the only person who ever said that.) Why? It's an extremely mature OS, not necessarily the release itself so much as the software that's built up to support it.

As a musician, media artist, and visual performer, I need everything to work 100% of the time. That means there's no way I'll EVER upgrade an OS the day it comes out. Now that I have multiple PCs, I might migrate one sooner to ease the transition, but I need to wait on drivers, etc., for full support. And, more than that, having the latest-and-greatest is nowhere near as important as having the most reliable, in terms of performance. Even on my Mac, I've had to be conservative (including those "point" releases that keep trying to install themselves the night of a gig).

Vista does look like it will eventually mean good things for music and visuals, but in the meantime, I'm going to be patient.

I'll turn in that Vista Express coupon, though, if I manage to pick up a new system in '06. I'll just have to hide the box from myself so I don't go and break my system. At most, I'll dual-boot.

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