When to switch to Windows Vista?

[Skeeter]

i use Hibernation nightly without issue, once that little "use password protected filesharing" tickbox is gone i havent had any NW issues and side by side, Windows XP and Vista on this machine return performance results so similar its not worth mentioning. I have all forms of prefetching and indexing turned off on both systems, always have and always will (I know some people disagree with me here) so its a reasonably fair comparison.

If you turn off a load of Vista features and are getting similar performance to XP, it raises the question of whats the point?

Contrary to common belief, im not a Vista hater, there just is no real valid reason currently why any average computer user would get a better OS experience from using Vista over XP.

I waited untill microsoft pulled support for Win98 before I upgraded to XP, just before sp2 came on line. I can see me doing the same thing before going for Vista, The only thing that would make me upgrade o/s earlier would be if I bought a new system with it allready on, or if I felt I needed more than 4GB of memory. At the moment 768mb is coping well enough for me though!

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223

Extended Support Retired: 08/04/2014

youve got pleanty of time then!

 

[manic_man]

If you turn off a load of Vista features and are getting similar performance to XP, it raises the question of whats the point?

Contrary to common belief, im not a Vista hater, there just is no real valid reason currently why any average computer user would get a better OS experience from using Vista over XP.

While it may not be the correct attitude to take, for the average joe at home, Vista looks and feels better than XP ever did, its GUI feels slicker. While this may not increase productivity at all, the tactile "feel" of a product has and always will be a very important factor for consumers.

I upgraded as I got it for free through my student MSDN, I probably wouldnt have paid for it. a lot have paid for it and did so even though it offers no difference over XP aside from the fact it looks and "feels" slicker to use.

Why does somebody buy a brand new car over the old model? Technically they are often very similar even performance wise, epseically if its just a visual refresh, they both do the job, but the new one looks and feels nicer so people feel happy with their product.

 

[chesterstu]

I don't understand why people are having performance issues, I am a professional developer and run my Vista with 2GB of Ram and a 2.0Ghz C2D daily with 3 copies of VS2005 open and at least 1 VM running XP upto 3, with Server 2003 and Vista running.

I upgraded because as my company is a gold MS partner we are part of the early adopter program and i have never had any problems with speed, stabilty or anything in the ~11 months i have been running it.