i dunno what to do but vista looks hott right now

How can someone answer that, if nobody knows the final product. ?

well i mean to stick to the beta version now

No, that would be a rediculous thing to do.

It's a beta, for testing.. it is not meant to be used as a primary operating system yet.

Would you switch to a half built car if you already had a fully functioning one, it just wasn't the newest model? Would you move into a brand new, but half built house if you already had a house that was a few years old?

Note the rhetoric.

Stupid thread, it is beta because it is not ready to be primary OS.

Yeah you can't really answer that since it's only beta. It's nowhere near done yet. What if you planned on keeping it as your main OS then bought some new hardware and it didn't work.

Just because it has all that eye candy doesn't mean it's usable right now. IMO that's all this beta is right now is eye candy to show off part of the new look

Ummm no...

We have the betas right now. Only someone not doing anything remotely resembling real work would use Windows Vista currently.

Beta 2 should be much more solid when it comes out.

this thread is very stupid.

Anyone who thinks beta1 is good enough to be a standalone OS is CRAZY!

If you really want to try it out go ahead and dual boot, but really, do not use it as your main OS.

actually, if you want to use it as your primary OS, fine go head and do it, but if it crashes on you are wonde why there are no security updates for it. An't our problem

oh I have a better title for this thread

"Should I stick my head in an alligators mouth"

Yes

No

atm no. maybe when i can get a few % off and buy a retail copy.

mntbikeracer1:the thread is not stupid just the poster should look for other threads that answer that question instead of making a new thread about something thats already been asked.
anyways
i would advise against using it as your main os.for one thing it is beta quality and that in itself is not very stable and there are lots of bugs still,i would wait till the final product arrives but testing vista would be alright but stick to xp for now.
andykling:read above where mntbikeracer1 is mentioned and you will get the idea.

well i dunno about vista but i think he's prolly asking because alot of us used whistler as our main os (i know i did with no dual boot) and while it crashed a few times but i loved having something to work on, test and try and fix. Windows 2000 is stable as a rock and that gets boring after a while.

I would do vista but i know my laptop can't run it ...

1.2Ghz P3-M
512MB Ram
40GB

So that's why i haven't.

lol, are you kidding. vista isn't neccessarily unstable but gimme a break, its in beta 1!

what benefits does Vista have over XP? it looks pretty, but other than that, what else is there?

I haven't read much about what's new...

I am running Vista 5219 MSDN as my day to day box. I of course still have XP on dual boot when I run into issues. Actually the only problems I am having is playing videos with my 6600GT. Since I am using it at work, its not really an issue.
Just dont use Vista if you expect to play any games.

I'm really liking the search bar for the start menu, other then that I havent found much of an improvement over XP. Maybe Beta 2 will bring alot of new features.

Glass is pretty, but most of the stuff can be done in Windows XP with a few tweaks.

Most of the features such as stack by author and what not in Explorer are too slow to even think about using.

The question is somewhat pointless.

If you are a Microsoft Beta tester than you have an obligation to run Vista for testing purposes.

If you are not a Microsoft Beta tester than you shouldn't be using Vista at this time.

wait at least beta two and then use it as primary.

it's not even close to being ready for a full time OS. There are lots of problems installing software still. Wait until RC1 at least.

Microsoft Windows Vista Beta2 Build 5219

I had a meeting with Microsoft and Beta 2 is the final stage, After that it goes to RTM.

This is the Ultimate version as well. 2.8GB i think.

Don't even think about it

Vista is definitely something you should try if you can on a SECOND machine or even seperate Partitions...

You will get fed up of it and have to reinstall over again OR worse it won't work fully from the start or something goes wrong

still in beta.. don't knock it until you've tried it...

it will be worth switching. sure its gonna cost $$$, and people like there uber pirated XP
can you really put a price before your privacy and security? Windows Vista is gonna have a major overhaul of improvements.. specially for security. so, switching worth it? Yes, 500%

I'd love to try vista if I could get my paws on it, but replacing XP with it is just nuts in my humble opinion. It's beta software and so 1) it is likely to be riddled with even more bugs than the "official" releases of windows and 2) Beta software almost always comes with little or no support. I'm not saying I know what the support situation with Vista is because I'm perfectly willing to admit I haven't checked, but I just don't trust beta software as a rule.

Ummm I would take a concept car that ran and did everything I wanted it to do over my 5 year old car.....

Yeah wait to use Vista for now, atleast until Beta two when its actual public testing, didn't they say it would be public?

yeah...this thread is crazy...!

I say wait until the Beta 2.

Vista will be a great operating system to switch to....yeah i said will be, i think ill agree with everyone else when i say its still in beta and you'd be crazy to use it as a primary os. Got a second machine or want to set up another partition go for it...but keep it at that.

Things ive seen in vista that i like:
better securty as far as the firewall (you can limit what comes in and goes out) as well as spyware protection.
has a windows transfer which will be great when upgrading to a new pc (say when you buy the final release of vista and want to up grade from xp)

2 things ive noticed but havn't really figured out are the "solutions to problems" im thinking this could be something that helps you solve current problems with your machine, not sure how good this will work, possibly not at all but i like the concept. Another is "people near me" not sure if this is some kind of network chat tool or what but that would be pretty cool if it was something like that for businesses and everyone in your network.

anyway test and try the beta its cool, don't get rid of xp yet though

if you're thinking about using it as your full OS then you obviously don't know a lot about BETA-software. There's a reason why it's called Beta and not Final. It's not ready yet. Sure, a lot of things will work as they should be but don't expect it to run as smoothly as XP nowadays.

There still have a lot of bugs to be found and to be corrected and new features have still to be implement and then they'll go back to bugfinding and correcting.

The comparision with the half build car is correct. He'll probable be able to drive but would you really prefer a car that still has got a lot of problems over a car that's a bit older but drives as he should?

Another reason to wait is that if you have a problem with Vista Beta and you're not an official tester you won't receive any help from Microsoft and don't expect a lot of other people to know enough of Vista to help you out.

A lot of hardware that's on the market today will not work on Vista Beta.

I really think it's a bad idea to be using it as your day-to-day OS allready.

I dont think that it is worth switching to beta right now because these releases are highly unstable. However, I think that it is definitely worth switching over after the final release comes out.

Although it is in beta, I know someone who uses it as their primary os, they have for a few months without problems. Give it a try, worst comes to worst, switch back to XP.

no friggin way. There's no reason to use vista ever besides not being able to watch your high def movies (hdcp) and play halo2 (for some ungodly reason).

The OS usually only becomes completely stable and mostly bug free after one or two service packs. Vista would be nice to try once it was ok to use but would I pay full price when it first comes out? No!

Switch from DOS 3.3 to 5.0 oh not me I'll wait
Give up my win 3.11 for 95 no way Jose'
Upgrade to 98FE why would you do that?
Install XP? Heck my 98SE is running fine...

(there are entirely too many copies of 98 still running out there, even now)

Yeah if you want to be the first kid on your block to learn what
might be the very last great OS from the most historicaly
important software company in the history of the human race

then

Git yerself on the Vista roadshow!

Now how do I get me one, heh heh

Don't switch. Unstable.

NO!

......and it wont be when released...........

To use a beta OS for main use is not good at all, sure it may work great for you but there's many bugs inside, and every month or two there's a newer version out, and for the best quality when using a new updated build its best to have a clean install. So if you don't mind reinstalling everything every 2 months or so then go ahead and use it as your primary, but I wouldn't.

The latest release build 5270 is better than the past builds I find, thankfully on tuesday a new build comes out, according to many websites, and this one (the article was posted a few weeks ago).

Why would you want to use an unstable OS for you're daily use? My answer is no, it's not worth switching.

WTF are you talking about? Who the **** told you that it wont be stable?

I've heard the new one is quite stable. If only I could change my vote...

EDIT: Oh, I voted yes anyway. But still.

5308 is very good on my machine. I have not experienced a single crash since its release.

I don't think so. I installed and i am still having some driver issues. Hopefully next release would be better.

It might not be perfect. But its way too better than the previous builds.

I don't think so, wait until RC1, then it should probably be stable & more optimized.

Just wait for Vista to hit retail. It'll be worth the wait, which isn't even that far away anymore.

Ultimately, I'd give that a definite maybe.

I'm kinda disappointed that I won't be able to upgrade from XP-64 to vista

well I'm wondering why to ask since you are beta tester?!?

Looking for latest Feb release anyway I read a lot about and it seems very interesting!