[Liberty Valance]

Keep out of the way sonny boy...
Vista's mine!

[DB]

I think I'll wait until its been out for awhile...

[goldstategop]

They're rushing for it? Why on earth would people line up to buy an operating system most reviewers have either said its not necessary to upgrade or which doesn't even run on the hardware most of us still have. Here I'm running a decade old IBM Thinkpad 600e on Windows XP Pro! It won't run on any but the most stripped-down versions of Windows Vista. Not worth the upgrade.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Roux]

You better have a brand new computer or it won't run.

[muir_redwoods]

"HUNDREDS of computer enthusiasts were in Harvey Norman's Alexandria store in South Sydney at the stroke of midnight last night to be among the first in the world to buy Microsoft's latest PC software, Windows Vista."

SNORE!!!

[wodinoneeye]

Vista security spec 'longest suicide note in history'

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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36570

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html

[MaDeuce]

If you support SAP R/3 software, from what I have been told, this new OS will not work with the SAP GUI.
I don't think any serious company will be upgrading to this OS for many years.

[KeyWest]

PC World ran bench tests on it and it is slower than XP for most all applications but does run multi-threading a bit faster. It is really bad with games, but hopefully drivers will fix that.

There is also some concern about the increased copy protection built in that may cause trouble even for legal use of media.

Plus, lots of hardware will have to be replaced or will not work until drivers are available.

You can get most of the features of Vista on XP with add-ons, lots of them free.

I just do not see any good reason to upgrade when I am mostly buying eye candy and I can get that for XP.

[Wonder Warthog]

Maybe they should have read this article first:

http://www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog:20070124

[relictele]

A few thoughts:

1) I'm pro-Microsoft but SOP applies here: wait until Service Pack 1 is issued before buying/installing.

2) The "Midnight Madness" method of cheap/free PR and news generation is TIRED. They do it for every fanboy movie and game console. Even if it's something really important/good, is it really worth standing around in the middle of the night with a bunch of obnoxious people?

3) Virtual sandboxing (VMWare etc.) will level the playing field quicker than any flame wars and advertising campaigns. That's why MS and others will micromanage license terms in order to avoid giving customers the ability to switch platforms in an instant. If you had 10 cars in the garage, would you drive the same one every day?

[TChris]

...and the world collectively yawns.

[RightWhale]

A signed copy of Vista? That ought to be worth something fifty years from now. Or maybe not.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I really can't think of anything I would want that badly.

[ChildOfThe60s]

This is when I'll buy Visa [voluntarily]......