Windows Vista Product Editions [New Poll Option] --Please Recast your Vote--

[rdsu]

Hi,

Now that the Windows Vista is finnaly finished, I would like to know what version you will use, and why?

You can see the differences between the version, here: Windows Vista Product Editions (http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_02.asp)

Regards

[Mrkvonic]

Hello,
You could have added an option - none ...
Mrk

[bigc73542]

I have already used Vista Ultimate for over a month. After running it and seeing how it works and the problems it created I won't be switching to Vista anytime soon.

[rdsu]

I'm also not switch to Vista now, but only want to see your options...

After some months, maybe I will change and try it for the first time...

[Alphalutra1]

None. I will definately never have it on my pc, except if I get a laptop and it comes preinstalled, then I would just remove it. I have a feeling I will stick with Windows XP for games (hopefully the new directx will support it or even better that more companies will support linux), then *nix for everything else (probably Arch Linux and FreeBSD (due to performance issues over OpenBSD)). If you forced me to choose, I would go for the business edition since it won't have as much junk on it while still having more features, or maybe the ultimate.

Cheers,

Alphaltura1

[Antarctica]

None, I will stretch XP as long as it gets updated, then I will see.:-\

[WSFuser]

if i can get a copy, i will use Ultimate. until then ill stay with my XP Pro.

[Peter2150]

I just ordered a new machine so I could still get it with XP Pro. Vista needs time to jell.

[ErikAlbert]

I will tell you in 2011, when winVISTA is nearly fully patched. ;)

[VikingStorm]

The normal home user should get nothing other than Home Premium. The equivalent to the current XP Pro + MCE. Heck, you can get Vista Home Premium for $110.

[Meriadoc]

I wont be switching my home setup (2000,xp,linux) yet from what I've seen although I'll have to have a copy to be able to work, -Ultimate.
lol@Erik

[TOMxEU]

I think, that I might give a try to Vista Home Premium and Ultimate in 2010.
So far I am not ready to buy new computer due to Vista (drivers, DirectX10).
Until SP1 for Vista is ready, it will have too many bugs and XP works just fine.
Also nLite for Vista is not quite ready and it will take time, till it will really work.

[Brian N]

When I change to Vista at some point in time, it will probably be Home Premium, which is basically the same as XP Pro (vs. XP Home).

[L Bainbridge]

Having tried Vista Ultimate in Beta testing I'm afraid I won't be switching until they turn off the lights for XP.
Then I'll consider whether to make a full switch to Linux or think about a Mac.
Vista is just plain horrible and I refuse to pay even $110 for eye candy, bugs and restrictive practices.
As I've written before all of its new functions can easily be replicated for XP using free or bought add ons e.g. Media Portal, Window Blinds, HIPS etc.
God knows what MS have been doing with all the development of Vista but it runs like a slug on my high end machine and they've removed any of the functions I might have felt worthwhile like WinFS.
I think VistaME will prove to be a big mistake for MS.

[Chubb]

Vista Ultimate x64, some time in June next year when I will build my new machine. ;D ;D

[The Hammer]

Probably Home Premium although I wonder what advantages Utimate has over the others or is it only for 64 bit?

[ASpace]

I don't plan to use Windows Vista soon but when I upgrade , I am going to use Home Premium edition .

Reason :
1. It includes all I need + the new Aero style (not so important but...)
2. Its price ;)

[WSFuser]

-{ Quote: "although I wonder what advantages Utimate has over the others or is it only for 64 bit?" }-
visit the link in Vampiric's first post.

[rdsu]

I'm finishing my custom (smaller, compatible and faster) installation of Windows XP Pro with nLite... ;D

Like the others, I don't think that I will try Windows Vista until 2008 or later...

[chrisretusn]

Unless I get assimilated Vista will not be installed here. I am playing with the Windows XP Pro that came with my new PC and it's not exactly making an favorable impression. Linux is king of the woods here.

[tansu]

I completely moved to Vista Ultimate x64 RTM version.. I think I am gonna stay here..

[nimd4]

-{ Quote: "Like the others, I don't think that I will try Windows Vista until 2008 or later..." }-
Ditto; especially for production or corporate enviroments (not to mention other than intranet access) Vista is going to be a nightmare. Anyone not knowing is in for a big surprise .. my vote is none, no.

[mercurie]

One option missing....undecided...thanks for the poll however the postings will help me to decide. ;)

It will be at least late 2007. What's the hurry. :P

[The Hammer]

-{ Quote: "Probably Home Premium although I wonder what advantages Utimate has over the others or is it only for 64 bit?" }-Having read the link I'd overlooked in the OP's post (thanks WSFuser). I'd have to go with ultimate.

[InfinityAz]

-{ Quote: "...I have a feeling I will stick with Windows XP for games (hopefully the new directx will support it or even better that more companies will support linux), ..." }-

Alphatura1,

DirectX 10 will not work with/on Windows XP and there are no plans to ever enable it to do so. If anyone wants to play DirectX 10 games (natively, taking advantage of DirectX 10), they will have to run Vista.

This is why I will be running Vista some time in the future (probably not until SP1 is released though).

[TOMxEU]

I wonder, if MS do not have people to develop DX 10 for XP or just it is not possible. I guess, based on the IE7, that IE8 will be available only in Vista, so I will be forced to use it anyway.

[rdsu]

-{ Quote: "I guess, based on the IE7, that IE8 will be available only in Vista, so I will be forced to use it anyway." }-
You can always use something much better than IE7 or IE8... ;)

[TOMxEU]

There is not. Opera causes headaches and FF is too easy to use, IE is more challenging. ;)

[rdsu]

-{ Quote: "There is not. Opera causes headaches and FF is too easy to use, IE is more challenging. ;)" }-
;D ;)

[tradetime]

Whilst looking at some computer specs for Dell laptops I came across the following on a configuration page.

The combination of a 15.4" WSXGA+ screen & 128MB ATI® MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1300 graphic card will not be compatible with next generation Microsoft operating system Vista Home Premium and Vista Business!

There was no explamation as to why this combination would be incompatible, looking at a list of minimum recommende requirements for Vista on another site I was still at a loss for the incompatability. Have MSFT made a system that is incompatible with 15.4 widescreen, or is this Radeon card incompatible with it. Seems odd that anyone would still be knocking up windows computers that are incompatible with the next OS on the eve of it's launch

Service pack 3 for XP is due out in 2008 I will consider Vista after that.

[marcromero]

I voted Home Premium.

[nadirah]

Simple, I'll call my OEM to do the upgrade.
1st on the list, hardware:
Upgrade my pentium 4 with HT technology.
RAM. Upgrade to the max. amount of 1GB.

[dog]

Like a few others, I too vote "None" --no surprise, eh? :P :lurking: -- I'm more than happy with my M$ free home network, and wouldn't ever look back.

[rdsu]

If will be possible to a Moderator add the "None" option on the poll... ;)

[dog]

-{ Quote: "If will be possible to a Moderator add the "None" option on the poll... ;)" }-Done ... but Members will have to ReCast their votes, I changed the title of the thread/poll so that members can be advised.

[sukarof]

I will probably use Ultimate because I want all options.

[ASpace]

I don't know why it was necessary but I voted again -> Windows Vista Home Premium . Reasons would be because of its price and because it includes everything I need . Just to add that I am not gonna buy it on 30 January . I first need to upgrade my own computer or buy a new one and after that I will most likely get Windows Vista HP edition . I am waiting for Windows Vista SP1 and ,of course , for Windows XP SP3 :)

[TOMxEU]

I have Vista Ultimate now, I just could not help myself to give it a try. http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
IE with 256-bit, GPO with 2400 policies, speech recogniton, and so on. http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
Anyway, it will be a chalenge to secure it, well I am done with XP for good.

[lucas1985]

If I can get rid of apps tied to Windows, XP will be the last Microsoft OS. Otherwise, I wait Vista SP1 and XP SP3
Most of Vista features aren´t interesting to me and DRM here and there is a no-no for me

[WSFuser]

Vista Ultimate; with vLite of course :)

[L Bainbridge]

I voted None- although I suspect ultimately I will like most people have to switch when MS turn out the lights on XP.
I've beta tested Vista extensively and I just don't like it. I feel it controls my computer rather than me controlling it.....
I remember first using XP and despite its unfamiliarity I liked it and felt it was something new and exciting. Vista just feels terminally dull and no great progression from what I've already got on my PC. Plus there's a definite slowdown in responsivenss on my PC. I don't like DRM and I don't like MS trying to monopolise the PC security market.
That said Linux is not quite my cup of tea and Macs are an unknown quantity for me so I'll wait a couple of years and see how Vista shapes up, whether Ubuntu truely becomes what I want or take a trip to the darkside and become a Mac user.
Home premium looks the best bet if I do weaken..... but boy will it have to be vLited!!

[ThunderZ]

A "none" vote here. Both of my towers will handle it. But I did not build 2 two fairly high-end machines just to be "able" to satisfy the OS.

[TNT]

None. In fact, unless I really need to, I have no intention to ever use it...

[Osaban]

If it comes with a new machine, fine I'm willing to go through the learning mode period, but otherwise I'll try to stay with XP as long as I can. My vote is 'none'.

[Tommy]

No opinion in the moment, but i have to buy a new laptop in 2007. So if it would be preinstalled, i will have a closer look to stability, compatibility to my main applications, etc.

[ClassicQ]

I won't be using Vista ... So I voted None. I recently purchased a new laptop that came with the free upgrade to Vista coupon, which I won't be using. :lurking:

[zapjb]

None.

Besides my belief M$ should change the name to Vista ME.

I'm running XP pretty well here with 1GB DDR RAM.

With Vista ME it's going to take 2GB DDR2 to achieve the same performance. What'll the RAM cost? Like $300-$500. Uh no thanks.

[C.S.J]

well i have just bought a new laptop, easily big enough for vista.

im getting Vista Home Premiem, it does everything i want (its like XP PRO plus a bit more) and the upgade came with my laptop, its ordered and i will recieve it when its released.

cant wait, vista hopefully will be a big improvment, im looking forward to it, having not tried any of the 'betas', it should be a new experience for me.

[lucas1985]

A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection (http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt)
;D

[Rmus]

I voted for "none."

I'm still using Win2K SP4 on the desktop workstation.

My new laptop earlier this year came with WinXP but that's OK.

-rich

[Rasheed187]

To my big surprise I saw that Win Vista Basic costs only 130 Euro (about $170) IMO a reasonable price so I think I might buy it in 2008, hopefully it will then be matured. And I don´t need the Premium edition, I don´t need Windows Aero, Media Center and the Premium Games. :)

But isn´t it kind of strange that Win XP Home is a lot more expensive? I don´t get it. In Holland it costs about 260 Euro ($335), but I saw it costs only 190 bucks in the USA. I´m glad that M$ decided to stop ripping people of, over here at least. Here is a nice comparison btw: ;)

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Home-Basic-Home-Premium-Business-Enterprise-and-Ultimate-Comparison-45570.shtml

[Lamehand]

I voted none, i'll stick with linux, or maybe in the distant future a Mac.

Lamehand

[ASpace]

-{ Quote: "But isn´t it kind of strange that Win XP Home is a lot more expensive? I don´t get it. In Holland it costs about 260 Euro ($335" }-

WOW , come in Bulgaria and buy it from me :) Here Windows XP Home ed. costs 120 $ (VAT included) . Well , it will get expensive from tomorrow when Vista is released but much cheaper than in Holland , which surprises me

[egghead]

Voted none.

Will take a look at it after 2 years or so.;)

[Mr2cents]

I voted none. xp home and pro are going to be supported through 2014. I've already had one buggy os (windows ME). I have no intention of ever installing vista. I've got 2 computers now. One is dual booting Windows me (only used for playing games) and xubuntu linux.

I just got a new dell computer for my birthday that has xp media edition installed. It will soon be dual booting a linux distro. Probably "pclinuxos" I will probably eventually go 100% linux on both pc's. However, I like a few games that microsoft has. So, I'll keep both computers dual booting for now.

[sweater]

As of now I am still using the windows xp pro, and still trying to figure it out if its really worth installing the vista. if I found out that this is really good then I will get the very best edition even if its very expensive. 8)

[Happy-Dude]

Simple, ULTIMATE. Everything, from Security to just plain convient features. Enough for me, even for the price. If I'm going to get Windows Vista at all, give me Ultimate edition and never look elsewhere.

[Rita]

I have vista home premium

[Rasheed187]

@ HiTech_boy

Actually the situation is still the same over here in Holland, it´s the upgrade that costs only 130 euro, but you will loose your XP license.

So Vista full versions are still priced insanely high, the Ultimate version costs 625 euro just like MS Office Pro. And they wonder why people are "bootlegging" their sh*t? M$ must be out of there mind. So I guess I will probably get Vista Premium on my new machine in about 2 or 3 years.

[thezman]

im running ultimate here. i dont see why all the neg response to it. personally my machine has never run this good with xp. uac is a pain but turn it off. other than that so far everything i have experimented with has run flawlessly. i am only using 1 gb on a p4 northy 3.2 oc'ed to 4.0 on water. and it is simply so much faster then xp ever ran. at work i have xp pro and will be using it for some time since that machine doesnt need an upgrade yet and im not spending the money for it. so fo those in that situation i can see why you would not run it..

[nadirah]

As usual,
NONE.

[DVD+R]

I'm running Vista Ultimate, have done so since it was released, and no problems at all. Then again I do know how to use it properly,and I do have all the fastest hardware too 8) 8)

[serador]

Ultimate because it's Multi Language.

[DWEvans]

Ultimate is working good for me.

[MakoFusion]

NONE! I have engulfed myself into other options. Because of Vista I have switched to Linux entirely! As far as home use is concerned I don't want anything to do with Vista, Office, or most of the software made by Microsoft for that matter.