When vista comes...........

gizmoy2k · 20 Aug 2006 at 18:15

Which edition do you plan to shell out for??

As i understand it ALL versions will be on the dvd and will be unlocked depending on which key you have, I dont think there is a price list out for each edition yet but all the various ones have been named, Ultimate being the highest.

Another question is what happens for those of us who have 64-bit processors, Will vista give us a choice or just go 64-bit from the off? Either way i hope 64 bit vista drivers would be more readilly available, been a while since i looked but if u had a canon printer/scanner and xp64 u were screwed.

Whats your thoughts ?

Andy

csmager · 20 Aug 2006 at 18:42

I would hazard a guess that 64-bit will be on the disc as well as 32-bit, to encourage uptake (and also so you don't have a shell out again if you upgrade!). We'll have to wait and see though...

I'm probably going to plump for Utlimate - this is mainly because I want the Media Center & Multimedia functionality that Home Premium offers, but I also need the domain functionalities of the Business versions to log into Server 2003.

NathanE · 20 Aug 2006 at 18:46

64-bit will be on the same disc and will be an install option.

I'll get whichever edition my company gets from its MSDN subs.

barnettgs · 20 Aug 2006 at 18:51

Run!

Energize · 20 Aug 2006 at 20:09

I really don't know, they don't seem to offer anything that xp doesn't.

Freakish_05 · 20 Aug 2006 at 20:23

Energize said:
I really don't know, they don't seem to offer anything that xp doesn't.

Amen.

TBH I think by the time people NEED to get vista linux would have evolved enough for people, even gamers, to make a seamless transition (at least thats what I'm holding out for, I dont want to be touching Vista with a very long pole! as per barnettgs opinion)

All the talk of dx10 not being available for XP is a load of rubbish, it was the same with dx9, but they published it for 2000.

Worst case sinario, MS royally screws up and we all get mac's

csmager · 20 Aug 2006 at 20:32

Freakish_05 said:
All the talk of dx10 not being available for XP is a load of rubbish, it was the same with dx9, but they published it for 2000.

Err, no it isn't.

DX10 integrates very closely with the completely new display model in Vista. It would involve a hell of a lot of effort to port it to XP and before. There are far more underlying differences between XP and Vista than there were between XP and 2000.

EDIT: If you want to see some of what Vista will offer you over XP, have a read of http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1931913,00.asp

Energize · 20 Aug 2006 at 20:56

It's likely someone will eventually port dx10 to xp as theres so much demand for it. Up to now I haven't seen any reason to upgrade to an os that uses 700MB of ram when idle.

Scythe · 20 Aug 2006 at 20:56

Freakish_05 said:
Worst case sinario, MS royally screws up and we all get mac's

Or linux

If it is crap, I might repartition my drive so XP is only for games and Linux has a bigger partition for everything else.

Kainz · 20 Aug 2006 at 21:03

Home Premium here.

I don't plan on gaming on the pc anymore as I have a 360. So all I require is an OS for general office use, internet browsing, watching/listening to vids/audio and networking.

mysticsniper · 20 Aug 2006 at 21:03

I would love to go for the Ultimate edition, but I think its gonna have a hefty price tag. I think I will be going for the Home Premium version, proberbly along with the majority

Andy Pandy · 20 Aug 2006 at 21:05

whats the one you should get for gaming, internet browsing, networking, music and dvds? thats about all i do.

csmager · 20 Aug 2006 at 21:07

Andy Pandy said:
whats the one you should get for gaming, internet browsing, networking, music and dvds? thats about all i do.

List of what's what here: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions_final.asp

Sounds like you'd want Home Premium.

barnettgs · 20 Aug 2006 at 21:18

csmager said:
EDIT: If you want to see some of what Vista will offer you over XP, have a read of http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1931913,00.asp

Taken from this article via link:

While the kernel in Vista is still primarily the same one as in Windows 2000 and XP, there have been some significant changes to tighten up security.

Nah, still the same....

*Run off*

Atari · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:12

Most likely Home Premium for me, but it really depends on what, and if, my uni's MSDNAA offers it.

If they don't, I'll most likely get Home Premium anyway, whenever I can afford it

Energize · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:16

What does home premium offer over xp mce?

NathanE · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:42

Loads of new or improved stuff. Do some Googling and you will see.

It's likely someone will eventually port dx10 to xp as theres so much demand for it

That's not likely at all.

Up to now I haven't seen any reason to upgrade to an os that uses 700MB of ram when idle.

That's a good thing. Free memory is wasted memory.

BoomAM · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:46

Energize said:
I really don't know, they don't seem to offer anything that xp doesn't.

Same way that at the time, XP didnt offer anything over 98/Me.
If everyone took that attitude, then we'd be making no progress at all.

Energize said:
It's likely someone will eventually port dx10 to xp as theres so much demand for it. Up to now I haven't seen any reason to upgrade to an os that uses 700MB of ram when idle.

Not considered that the 700Mb its using is prehaps the textures for the new Aero system? Or that it is a beta version and memory usage will probably drop on release? Or that it doesnt really matter how much memory is being used as long as the system remains smooth!

Ive been playing around with Vista 5183 today on my laptop, and ive got to say, im very impressed with it upto now, everything is very snappy feeling.

Energize · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:07

NathanE said:
That's a good thing. Free memory is wasted memory.

Free memory is memory that doesn't need to be cached everytime you load up a game.

Energize · 21 Aug 2006 at 00:11

BoomAM said:
Same way that at the time, XP didnt offer anything over 98/Me.
If everyone took that attitude, then we'd be making no progress at all.

Vista isn't huge progress though. Windows xp was a lot more stable and easy to use than win98/me, I can't say the same for vista in my experience the opposite is true.