vista releases january 30
I don’t get a choice of operating system on my laptop, since it was provided to me by my company, so I will not be one of the first users to give the new Windows Vista a whirl. And honestly, I’m not sure how many people will switch right away, given the bugs and issues with every new Microsoft release. After 5 yeas and over $5 million dollars to get Vista ready, you’d think it would be bug free, but this IS Microsoft we’re talking about after all.
One reason a lot of people won’t make the switch? Vista requires at least an 800 Mhz chip, 20 GB of free disk space, 512 mb of system ram, and 128 mb of video ram. Unless you’ve got a reasonably new PC or laptop, you probably can’t use Vista. One more reason? The average at home PC user isn’t going to shell out $100 for a new o/s when Windows is working just fine for them.
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I fall into the category of not upgrading. I love having new tech bits, but I know it’s going to be all bug-like and drive me crazy so they can keep it. And in five years when they finally get it working, they’ll release another new version with some more bugs to consume the world.
The laptop I bought Thursday is Vista ready. Don’t know that I will download it though. Like you say…bugs and junk blech. I get it free though since my laptop is an HP and they offered it through buying the laptop.
We’ve been beta testers for Vista. I think…we’ve had 4 upgrades during the beta test…so far it’s working.