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Posted: 16 September 2006 at 5:51pm |
I've downloaded Windows Vista RC1 (64-bit edition) from Microsoft last night, and installed it on my 64-bit Turion laptop.
So far, I don't see a good reason for companies to upgrade. It's true that Vista has a lot of cool stuff on it... the design is pleasant and feels different... but that's not enough to get rid of XP and install Vista instead... especially with a business that has more than 500 work stations.
Does anyone agree? I guess the question is, how soon would you upgrade considering that you have Windows XP right now?
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Posted: 16 September 2006 at 7:12pm |
 Info_Tech wrote:
I guess the question is, how soon would you upgrade considering that you have Windows XP right now? |
Ummm... I have an MSDN universal subscription, so I get to upgrade any time I want. For free.  I'll wait for the final release though... That is unless I get a new box first. Then I'll install Vista on it.
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Posted: 16 September 2006 at 7:21pm |
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I've been using Viosta in dual boot with XP for a little while and to be honest with you apart from it being better looking and some nice additions to ease of use, i wouldn't swap it out right now. I'd prob wait to it came time to re-install XP then switch over to Vista.
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Posted: 17 September 2006 at 3:57am |
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Thee's some interesting workflow/.net 3.0 stuff in Vista that I'll eventually get into on the server side, but as a client machine, I just don't see the need.
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Posted: 17 September 2006 at 1:28pm |
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I'll be upgrading from XP (x64) to Vista (x64 Ultimate) as soon as it is released in the UK and has support for all my drivers
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Posted: 17 September 2006 at 7:40pm |
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I guess it's the same on my thouyghts, it's all about driver support, and software that works with Visata, i currently run XP versions on Vista but feel that kinda defeats the point
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Posted: 18 September 2006 at 2:35pm |
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I just built a new PC last week and I decided to load Vista on it. It runs very stable. I has a couple advantages over xp I think, not as may as I'd like though. For now I'll be running it and see how it goes...
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Posted: 20 September 2006 at 9:17pm |
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I am running Vista (and office 2007) on my everyday machine in a "production" environment, I think this is the only way to really test something..
I think it is great.. personally I think its time for a change.
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