Windows Vista

[Iceglow]

I don't recall there being a thread about this yet but then for a few weeks I have been offline due to the destruction of my old laptop. I brought a new one today it came with Windows Vista installed I was wondering if anyone else uses it yet and if so what you think of it also if you don't do you want to upgrade to it? I have to admit the GUI is very impressive but having conversed with several friends on the matter I have been informed that there are major issues with it and a 500 meg service pack comming in july. I don't have any problems thus far apart from getting used to it since I've had it only 10 hours if that. Oh for your perusal here's a pic of my desktop for you to see what Vista on a STANDARD set up has to show I've done no major tweaking on this yet.

[Jessweeee♪]

I just got a new laptop yesterday because my old one was a piece of crap! Here's a pic. The backround is a black-and-white photo of my ceiling fan.

I'll post more if anyone wants to see.

[XxSephirothxX]

I'm not too interested in Vista for a few reasons. The cost, what I've heard about the integrated DRM, and some things they've changed with the GUI. I think the start menu and all look fine, but I'm not a big fan of the way they've changed the minimize, restore, and close buttons. The close button should be in the corner, not a bit to the left of it. I can almost guarantee I would quite frequently throw my mouse to the top corner of the screen to close a window, only to miss the button and have to waste time finding it. Seems like a small concern, but it would be irritating.

I imagine there's a lot more I would like and dislike about it, but I can't think of anything at the moment.

[Rostum]

I'm content with Windows XP for now. The Vista theme looks nice and all, but I'd rather wait until I saved up enough for a new computer -- by that time they would probably have a lot fixed in Vista.

Anyways, you can get a Vista theme with Windowblinds. =)

[o_O]

I primarily use Gentoo Linux, but I have Vista RC2, build 5744 installed on a partition on my PC. Though it is visually a huge improvement over Windows XP, I really am not very impressed with it. Admittedly I'm a Linux junkie and therefore biased, and I am running a beta (though build 5744 is supposed to be basically the RTM version of Vista :rolleyes2), it has been <i>very</i> unstable for me. I've seen more bluescreens than in five years of experience with XP. Not more than Windows 98 though.
It didn't have very good support for my hardware out of the box - I had to hack XP drivers for my sound card and wifi card in through device manager, instead of recognizing a chipset and using the generic driver.
Redmond made a lot of noise about "streamlining the experience for the user", but then they've stuck things like the sidebar in there, which just seems like extra bloat to me. They've also taken away useful parts of the OS by default, such as the menubar, and the "up one level" button (which I can't figure out how to get back, for the life of me). And it took control of my bootloader, which is a hassle to restore.

On the positive side though, DirectX10 looks <i>very</i> nice, and I look forward to playing some games in it, rather than through the Directx9.0c legacy chip (which seems a little laggy to me). The interface is a lot more attractive, which is good after working a lot with Beryl in Linux.
I also like the redesigned layout of the control panel; it's a lot more intuitive and things are where you'd expect them to be. At first it was a little frustrating with things not being where they used to be, but it was relatively quick to figure out the new place of most things.

On the whole, it's a nice improvement over XP, <i>if</i> the instability is fixed in the RTM release (which I haven't tried yet). I like that I can make most things how they are in XP, so I'm not totally jumping out of an environment into another that is completely different.

[Mirage]

I'll change in two years, when the public beta testing is done.

[Dr Unne]

By the time public paid beta testing on Vista is done, Windows 2014 will be out. Taking into account inflation, it will cost $999 for the Standard Basic Home User's Grandma's Edition ($1999 for the Super Awsome McUltimate Non-crippled Edition). It will punch you in the groin every time you listen to a CD.

Sadly my parents' computer died and we're getting them a new one tomorrow, so I may get to <a href="http://www.showusyourwow.com/">"Experience the Wow!"</a> tomorrow. Oh man that marketing slogan is catchy and extremely non-lame, I can't stop saying it.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

I think we all expected that from you Unne.

I won't get Vista straight away; I'll wait about a year or two. I'm in no rush to leave XP.

[Leeza]

Sadly my parents' computer died and we're getting them a new one tomorrow, so I may get to <a href="http://www.showusyourwow.com/">"Experience the Wow!"</a> tomorrow. Oh man that marketing slogan is catchy and extremely non-lame, I can't stop saying it.

I entered my cat into the Wow! contest. It left me awed and exilerated.
See attachment.

I think I'll wait a bit for Vista.

[oddler]

Holy crap. I have that couch.

[Meat Puppet]

I’ll probably get it, when I buy a new computer. So by that time, Windows will be several versions beyond Vista.
...I’m still on 2000. :(

Jon Stewart has Windows Vista. I can’t confirm whether or not he has installed it yet, though.

[Mirage]

Holy crap. I have that cat.

[rubah]

If I can pirate it reasonably easily I might try it. XP and I just have this thing. And OS X. besides I have a date with linux

[Grendal]

There's no chance of me upgrading to Vista. Not with the integrated DRM.

[escobert]

This computer will never see Vista however my desktop when it's done may.