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How long after the release of Windows Vista will you upgrade?  

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  1. 1. How long after the release of Windows Vista will you upgrade?

    • I'm beta testing
      6
    • Immediately
      9
    • Within 6 months
      15
    • Within a year
      35
    • Never, If I can avoid it
      45
    • I use a Mac or run Linux
      10

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Jeff Newbie

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Well hopefully never. I run Ubuntu Linux, and I'd like to get an iBook or one of the new MacBooks sometime. So unless I am ever, for some reason, required to upgrade, I don't plan on it. I only started running Linux last year, so by the time Vista is stable, I'll be Linux-savy enough to not need to run windows except for games, which XP can handle.

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well, everything is going to depend on if Microsoft will release DX 10 for XP. if not, then i'll probably get it somewhere down the line (definately well after its initial bug-filled release). in that case, i'll probably run a duel boot: Linux for just about everything and Vista for gaming.

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Det. Bart Lasiter Newbie

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I'm beta testing it. But I'll definitely get it to see games that use the (fully) programmable shaders and new DX stuff. Also I can't wait to see things like C# 3.0 and the new Windows API.

 

@Darth Moeller-

New games that use DX10 won't be able to run on Windows XP, unless Microsoft releases DX10 for XP, which they probably won't.

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Char Ell Newbie

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My current thoughts are to upgrade about a year after Windows Vista is released. I don't see any pressing need to upgrade before then unless, as others have mentioned, I need to have DirectX 10 for some reason. But I don't really foresee that happening.

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jon_hill987 Newbie

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I intend to buy a propper copy of XP SP2 (rather than the OEM version) just before vista comes out and to use it as long as I can.

 

I like XP, it works (as well as any version of windows ever can). untill it dosn't do everything I want i will keep using it.

 

I don't like the idea of the extra memory vista uses that could be put to far better use blasting aliens.

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Thrik Experienced

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Probably within six months, although perhaps moving towards a year. It'll take at least that long for the majority of applications to make the move, and games will probably continue to come out based around XP for a similar length of time.

 

Any longer and it'd be cyber suicide to hold on as any new software is likely to be native to Vista; especially everyday programs for me such as Photoshop and whatnot which I'd imagine have programming teams who simply cannot wait to get their teeth into the Vista era of software and hardware (graphics card-powered operating system, dual/triple/quad-processing, etc).

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tk102 Newbie

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I think there's a sizeable gap between "1 Year" and "Never". Most people I know probably run about 3-5 years behind the times when it comes to operating systems.

 

Cybersuicide? :xp: Maybe in some circles far removed from my own (Industrial Programmer/Systems Engineer).

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I will never buy software from Microsoft. I get its software for free through my college (not stealing like venom_tyrant), so when I'm out of school, no Windows for me. I'll stick with Windows 2003 as long as possible and I still use Windows 3.11 every few months :) . Unless Windows goes open source...

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wuyanxu Newbie

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Well hopefully never. I run Ubuntu Linux, and I'd like to get an iBook or one of the new MacBooks sometime. So unless I am ever, for some reason, required to upgrade, I don't plan on it. I only started running Linux last year, so by the time Vista is stable, I'll be Linux-savy enough to not need to run windows except for games, which XP can handle.

my friend gave me Ubuntu linux, it's not a good one, why not use the free verson of Red Hat or SuSE?? those are both great Linuxes.

 

i chose with in 6 month because Halo2's gonna be on there, and i love Halo games on PC (on xbox, it's horrible)

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Det. Bart Lasiter

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my friend gave me Ubuntu linux, it's not a good one, why not use the free verson of Red Hat or SuSE?? those are both great Linuxes.

 

i chose with in 6 month because Halo2's gonna be on there, and i love Halo games on PC (on xbox, it's horrible)

SuSe OSS 10.0- http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org

Red Hat Free (you mean Fedora Core :p)- https://www.redhat.com/fedora/

 

Gentoo is en excellent distribution as well, and it's definitely the fastest distrobution I've used. You can get it at: http://www.gentoo.org/

 

I don't have any need for Vista right now. As long as XP allows me to do what I want/need to do, I won't switch to Vista. I guess that places me somewhere in between 1 year and "never" :p

KotOR 3 might come out for Vista...

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