[poll] worth switching to beta vista from xp?

[mldkfa]

Would you switch to a half built car if you already had a fully functioning one, it just wasn't the newest model?

Note the rhetoric. :rolleyes:

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

[Dane]

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

[Koolslacker]

I say wait until the Beta 2.

[syncvichu]

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

[J Z]

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

[kryptonate]

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.

[nightRider]

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.

[Simon Veteran]

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.

[Darkdashing]

i dunno what to do but vista looks hott right now

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).

[ride365]

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!

[Winky]

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

[Leddy]

Don't switch. Unstable.

[scaramonga]

NO!

......and it wont be when released........... :) ;)

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

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).

[Bobby Nickton]

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

[.Ark]

NO!

......and it wont be when released........... :) ;)

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

[Simon Veteran]

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

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

[.Ark]

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.

[Koolslacker]

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

[.Ark]

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.

[zshadow]

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

[Quillz]

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

[scifiguy]

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 :(

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

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

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

[sev7en]

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