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23Jan/074

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Are you getting Windows Vista next week? Why or why not? Post in comments.

For me I'm going to pass, because quite frankly, I play games on my PC like never, when compared to consoles. The fact that my "main" pc is next to the consoles probably makes that decision. I have a P4 2.2 700XL gateway system that's now 5 years old and I've replaced pretty much everything on it but the processor. I know it's going to die soon. My "travel/work" PC is a Sony VAIO which is very nice, but not really a gaming PC. The only game I play on my PC these days is GameTap...which doesn't have steep system requirements.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the Games For Windows experiment though....

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Taylor
January 24th, 2007 - 10:56

Nope. There is nothing (yet) that is compelling about Vista. DirectX 10? No games (yet). Also, I hate it when people shove crap down my pie hole without asking nicely. AeroGlass UI? Who cares, it’s a UI. Better navigation tools? Sorry, already got those, for free. Better security? Sorry, I’ve fixed all the holes in XP, thanks.
I realize that in a couple of years, I will have to get it, but I see no reason to get it until at least 2008.
Glen
January 24th, 2007 - 12:29

I usually wait at least a year or until the first service pack comes out before I give a new Microsoft OS a try. I’m very happy with XP at this point and even though I know this PC should be able to run Vista, with all of the enhancements… I just can’t think of a reason to jump into it.
Scott
January 25th, 2007 - 01:57

Vista is actually REALLY cool. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now (MSDN subscription) and it’s got a lot of nice enhancements. The folder navigation is especially nice. I am still using XP on my main machine because I wanted to be sure all of my everyday programs would work (a few still don’t), so I’m not switching entirely yet…but it is definitely looking good. Maybe by summer I will be exclusivly on Vista…but for now, I will just roll with it on my second partition and have a good time with it.
Jonah Falcon
January 25th, 2007 - 17:03

I’m getting a free copy from my cousin.