sicburns Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 No serieusly, Why would you? Its obviously gonna eat more Memory then XP because of all the effects. And i doubt Internet Explorer 7 is gonna be super secure. And think about the price its gonna pay! What will make you switch to Vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I wouldn't if Microsoft paid me to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 It's faster than XP, it will be FAR more secure, sure there is eye candy, lots of new less important features, games will shut down everything not needed by the game to gain performance, virtual folders, even better indexing search than Windows Desktop Search and Spotlight, then later there is WinFS. Ah well there ar so MANY resons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowPHP Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Enhanced Security..? Some new networking features... 4 Simultaneous internet connections... Loads of reasons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo12141 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 To be honist this really should have been posted when vista was released with ALL of its features etc etc, but still, so far i think i would because i hate XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicburns Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 I hate glass, Minimal for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowimnothing Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Same reasons i switched from 3.1 to 95 to 98 to 2000 to XP. Its better. In almost every respect, its better. Even the betas now are showing that and they're not even close to being feature complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 planty of reasons, there isn't a feature lock down yet so it's hard to tell...however..I would say there are reasons holding me back....I want to see what 10.5 have to offer also before making a decision again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagamer34 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Virtual folders and an OS that has stricter driver requirements are all I really need. Everything else is fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik05 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 cuz its more up to date, better driver verifacation, more security, looks good(although it will beat down resources, u can turn them off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0m8er Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Cause of its sexy looks :D And of cource new security features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planetik Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Looks better -in my opinion-, it's new, and they're gonna drop support for XP more and more over time anyways (in 6 years :p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 You may not like the glass interface, but a lot of people will. I personally like a simpler interface. The glass effects are awesome, but I turn them off after a little while. Their will be options, classic will still be there. C'mon man I know that you know this stuff. Are you just trying to start a flamewar? We must progress and move on. As far as price goes... What percentage of people here paid for their current OS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersson Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Not me -- linux is free, BUT I still use Windows /riddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEVER85 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I'll probably use Vista a couple months after it's released, just so some more of the bugs are kinked out. Most of us remember how buggy Windows 2000 and XP were when they were released. But until then, I'll be happy with XP. I'm anxiously awaiting SP3. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted August 31, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 31, 2005 hmm i dunno if i'll get it yet, probly download it to see what its like first :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMaxx Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 It's a bit of a useless question and debate. I'm sure you're currently using XP and asked yourself if you would move from 2000 to XP. We upgrade our MS OS because MS decides so. The reason it is trying to improve it is to give reasons to the corporate world to upgrade. As well as to give enough candy so home users won't feel like they're running outdated technologies as they see all the cool stuff other OS provide. Basically, keeping us from wanting OSX and to venture too much in the Linux world. Amazing phenomenon if you ask me... Windows is where it is today because it was adopted in the market place, which is all thanks to cheaper hardware from the x86 PC of that time. I'm tempted to add piracy as one of the reasons of Windows widespread use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raskren Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I'm tempted to add piracy as one of the reasons of Windows widespread use. 586460926[/snapback] Perhaps amongst geeks. I can think of about 20 family members all of which have legal copies of Xp. Do you really think that many people know how to find warez and burn an ISO? Come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr0z Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Because: #1 It will be far more secure to Windows XP #2 It will / does already sort of, look a lot cooler than boring old Windows XP #3 It will support all the cool new technologies #4 Apple Computers are too expensive. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdog666al Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Same reason you switch from 95->98, 98->XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Max Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 The final version ? Of course I'll get it, because most of the bugs will have been adressed, and because it will be the new OS ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 and don't forget, by than, Vista will be pre-loaded with all them Dell, and IBM and other companies, so for people who buy a computer from there on....they'll already have Vista...don't worry...Vista won't be lossing sales... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted September 1, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted September 1, 2005 dude.. your looking at the obvious features. thousands uppon thousands are currently running windows vista.. and not that many complaints. windows XP HAD high system requirements too when it first came out, compared to windows 2000. but it's like saying.... whats the reason of playing half life 2.. the system requirements are so high, and everything is gonna be slow... basically cause people want bigger and better stuff. slow computers are a thing of the past.. and when the final of vista hits stores.. theres gonna be a massive line up and shortage of it.. just watch. btw, if you seen a complete list of things added or changed in windows vista.. you'd probably need a full day to read it. theres a massive overhaul to windows vista. don't judge it just yet.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spclffred Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 yea what he said. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMaxx Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Perhaps amongst geeks. I can think of about 20 family members all of which have legal copies of Xp.Do you really think that many people know how to find warez and burn an ISO? Come on! 586460967[/snapback] I meant in the early days of Windows. And its adoption in other parts of the world, such as Asia. Nowdays, if you buy a computer, it will most certainly come with Windows XP, and will come with Vista when it comes out. Many years ago, Windows was often still something you had to buy in extra, and for that reason, copies from the IT guy in the office, the neighbor and distant uncle were often use to install Windows. I don't see a way in the near future for other OS to gain significant market share, except maybe for OSX, if Apple can make it affordable and convince people they can do all they were doing in Windows and not have compatibility issues when sharing documents and files. Anyway, unless Vista is worst then XP, I don't see a way around not upgrading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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