Vista worth getting yet?

dokko

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Its been a while since its been out, and after such an average response on launch things were said to be getting better around this time, and i was wondering if thats the case yet?

I'm looking at an upgrade, so i'll be doing a clean sweep, and was wondering if Vista 64 was worth it? (can get an oem for £60)

What hardware do you need for the 64 version, i take it my current CPU of an amd 939 3700 SD can? Is that right, does it go off CPU or am i on the wrong track there?
 
Wait until SP1 - vista does nothing that 99% of users need that XP doesn't already do.

Until SP1 comes out vista is likely to be a frustrating experience (slow network file copies etc) with eye candy and some nice UI touches as compensation.

Just my two pence worth !
 
And when you do upgrade don't get the OEM, when you upgrade your comp you'll have some serious hassle moving your copy of Vista to the new machine.

Buy the retail would be my advice but not yet. I have a dual boot setup and Vista offers nothing that XP does'nt except the eye candy.

When DX10 really takes off then maybe theres one reason but if you are'nt a gamer then theres not many other reasons currently.
 
Hmmm, so its still in the air then?

Any idea of when SP1 is coming out?

I'd be doing a full reinstall when i go Vista, would that make a difference for going for the OEM?

Its Dx10 that i want to get ready for.
 
ManCuBuS said:
And when you do upgrade don't get the OEM, when you upgrade your comp you'll have some serious hassle moving your copy of Vista to the new machine.

Buy the retail would be my advice but not yet.
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You can buy at least 2, if not 3 copies of OEM for the same price as Retail. So I would only recommend buying Retail if you plan on upgrading (your motherboard) 3 or more times over the life of Vista (roughly next 3-5 years?)

You can upgrade everything else (just not the motherboard) as much as you like on the Vista OEM licence, the same as with XP.

In response to the OP:

If you already have XP, then there isn't a great incentive to move to Vista IMO.

I recently built a new system and so bought Vista 64 OEM, as I didn't see the point it buying a new copy of XP. Vista does everything I need (although does suffer from the afore mentioned slow network file transfer problem) and I'm more than happy that I decided to go with it. It's completely stable and equals (or betters) XP in most things. The few problems that I've encountered will, I'm sure, be sorted in one of the next few updates.

Basically if you're in the market for a new O/S - then I'd recommend Vista over XP. But if you already have XP and are hoping that Vista will offer a big improvement, then I'd suggest you will probably be dissapointed and should just stick with XP.
 
If you buy the OEM then its tied to your Motherboard, as soon as you change it then its becomes a lot of hassle. I think I'm right with that one.

No ideas when SP1 will be out, some others on here might. Hopefully DX10 will take a leap very soon with the likes of Crysis & UT3 coming. It will remain to be seen whether they offer much over the DX9 versions. I guess its just a waiting game.
 
If you're buying a new system, I'd reckon on getting Vista with it. No point simply upgrading, but if you're going to be installing and setting up anyway... I'd go Vista 32-bit. (And, you know, I did).
 
dokko said:
Its Dx10 that i want to get ready for.
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No need to make the move yet then IMO.

Vista is good, very good IMO - but if this is your only reason for considering the upgrade, then I'd save you money and wait until DX10 is actually being used more widely.
 
ManCuBuS said:
If you buy the OEM then its tied to your Motherboard, as soon as you change it then its becomes a lot of hassle. I think I'm right with that one.
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No. Changing you motherboard with an OEM licence invalidates the licence (unless done as part of an RMA for a fault), and so doesn't become a hassle. It just means you need to buy a new copy.

This is exactly the same as with XP.

But as I've already said - you can buy at least 2 copies of the OEM licence for the same price as Retail, and so if you aren't going to upgrade your motherboard more than 3 times in the next 3-5 years, then you are best to just buy OEM and save your money. It all depends on how often you plan on changing your motherboard as part of an upgrade.
 
Microsoft have promised SP1 to be out within the first quater of next possibly earlier. I recomend changing to Vista.
 
div0 said:
No. Changing you motherboard with an OEM licence invalidates the licence (unless done as part of an RMA for a fault), and so doesn't become a hassle. It just means you need to buy a new copy.

This is exactly the same as with XP.

But as I've already said - you can buy at least 2 copies of the OEM licence for the same price as Retail, and so if you aren't going to upgrade your motherboard more than 3 times in the next 3-5 years, then you are best to just buy OEM and save your money. It all depends on how often you plan on changing your motherboard as part of an upgrade.
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I stand corrected:D

I just bought the retail.
 
Div0 that really confirms that i should the the mobo i really want.

I was wanting the Gigabyte P35C_DS3R, which does the 45nm CPUs and had DDR2 & DDR3.

I was looking at going 2nd hand for everything, but i might splash out and get this one new for this reason.
 
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