[maurom]

I upgraded to Vista Ultimate using a Sony AR21S with blu-ray, Core 2 Duo 2 Ghz, 2 Gb of RAM, etc. It has been a total disaster. The graphics card does not work well (NVIDIA Ge Force Go 7600T), everytime I switch off the computer I have to reset the external monitor, the DVD drive does not play blu-ray dvds, not even with the new version of power dvd. In fact, it does not play any video dvds. And there are all kinds of conflicts. In 3 days I got the "blue screen of death" once. So much for stability. I see no major advantage over XP. My level of frustration has been such that despite having spent all this time and money, I am rolling back to Windows XP Media Center and will keep using it until it is time to replace the computer (which I do once a year). Then I will get a Mac. Vista has been the biggest ripoff from Microsoft. And what really gets me is that with all this time to launch there are still so few drivers for the hardware, and what there is is inadequate. I contacted Sony Vaio support and they advised me not to upgrade. But by then I had already done it. After a week of frustration, I have finally given up. It is back to XP for me.

[Trebuchet]

I'm in no hurry to get Vista, although if it comes on a new system I'll have no objection. Honestly, I'd prefer to wait until the first service pack for Vista is released. At this point I can see several advantages to having XP on both systems once I buy my new one (which may be this weekend depending on what sales start tomorrow at CompUSA and Best Buy).I really like the gadgets myself, but I'm running several Yahoo! Widgets and am pretty happy with those. Aero I don't care about much, but the glass effects and the like I think are pretty attractive. To me the big thing is the improved security, but I've got XP Pro pretty secure already.

[coastie65]

Nope. I have Windows XP MCE and it gives me all I need. coastie65

[bruce110]

[quote name='ousooner54']I bought Vista Home Basic the day it was available. I had run the Vista Advisor several times and each time it assured me everything was just fine to run it on my system. The install went okay, as did the initial updates it performed after installing, and what I needed to do to upgrade drivers. However, it altered the way my HP printer functioned, for which I discovered HP was not going to release Vista drivers in the near future. Then the LCD screen began to flicker, more and more as time went by. While the Advisor told me my graphics card was fine, now I'm beginning to think it was having trouble keeping up with the demands. I was constantly getting IE shutting down and restarting, and getting script errors offline. The "wow" experience quickly turned into an "ahh man!" experience. I have concluded upgrading is not a wise idea...a system designed with the muscle hardware needed is one thing, but this was just becoming a nightmare. So, I reinstalled XP. Whenever it's time to get a new computer, I will go with Vista or whatever the latest Microsoft incarnation is then.> > :(I agree with you opinion.Me too.

[mirone]

Perhaps, when i buy a new: computer, monitor, scanner, printer... :unsure All what i have working just fine with XP Pro. :rolleyes:

[AuroraDizon]

I changed my opinion from when I last posted in this thread. I no longer want Vista lol.

[Harmonic7]

Am I going to run out and buy Vista? Not a chance! Never! In fact, I plan on buying a retail copy of XP (presently have an OEM version) before the Jan.29,'08 deadline so I won't even have to consider another Microsoft OS until support expires in 2014. I do, however, plan on building a hot new machine to run it on, & will probably also install Ubuntu on it.The way Microsoft has gone about dumbing down their programs, making things automatic (whether you like it or not), & taking away configuration options, it's very unlikely they'll ever again make a new OS I'll have any interest in running. I really do like XP but, for me, the future is probably Linux.

[sonicjosh]

Yes and no, im going to get MAC OSX when i get a new comp