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Has anyone got it yet?
I'm getting the home premium version when my new computer is delivered on Tuesday.

Much too expensive for what it does, a friend on mine got it at his workplace, 50% of his devices and software which were working on WinXP can't work now.

I'm going to get it when games stop supporting Windows XP.

So probably at the same time games start to get DirectX 10 exclusive and I'd have to get a new video card too.

Luckily UT2k7 supports DirectX 9 and therefore probably Bioshock. Yay.

Remember that here are different versions of Vista. XP Professional works fine here, so I don't have any planes changing to Vista.

My experience is that the first year with new plattforms from microsoft is troublesome before peoples really know how to handle problems. There is always a weakness somewere. At a quick check it looks like Vista is mostly design. The 3D function looks very neat.
I'll wait an see.

I'm satisfied enough with my XP here, but for my 98 I'll never turn on to Vista!

I don't like these kid of evolutions... I can't play Need For Speed III on XP.

Synthesist wrote:I don't like these kid of evolutions... I can't play Need For Speed III on XP.

I can play NFS II on mine, so I think it is not a problem with XP but with your videocard

No, my videocard is ok, for some reasons it can't run on XP, I found the answer on google... They never made a patch to make it playable for XP users
I don't know how it works, but I have older games that works.

I'll just wait.......for one year or so

Most annoying bugs will be killed by then and I "get" it automatically when I buy my next PC anyway.

Still running Windows 98se on a old Pentium for some old neat games (LucasArts adventure games!)

Well, you have it with your computer if you buy it "ready to use", but for my case, I make computers myself, so I never have WinXP, that's why I save a lot of money while buying a computer

Ys and most PC's come with XP Home Edition.

BEFORE BUYING VISTA CHECK THIS OUT:

FROM A BBC REPORT:

FROM A BBC REPORT:

In the name of shielding consumers from computer viruses and protecting copyright owners from potential infringement, Vista seemingly wrestles control of the "user experience" from the user.

Vista's legal fine print includes extensive provisions granting Microsoft the right to regularly check the legitimacy of the software and holds the prospect of deleting certain programs without the user's knowledge.

During the installation process, users "activate" Vista by associating it with a particular computer or device and transmitting certain hardware information directly to Microsoft.

Even after installation, the legal agreement grants Microsoft the right to revalidate the software or to require users to reactivate it should they make changes to their computer components.

In addition, it sets significant limits on the ability to copy or transfer the software, prohibiting anything more than a single backup copy and setting strict limits on transferring the software to different devices or users.

Vista also incorporates Windows Defender, a security program that actively scans computers for "spyware, adware, and other potentially unwanted software". The agreement does not define any of these terms, leaving it to Microsoft to determine what constitutes unwanted software.

Once operational, the agreement warns that Windows Defender will, by default, automatically remove software rated "high" or "severe" even though that may result in other software ceasing to work or mistakenly result in the removal of software that is not unwanted.

For greater certainty, the terms and conditions remove any doubt about who is in control by providing that "this agreement only gives you some rights to use the software. Microsoft reserves all other rights".

For those users frustrated by the software's limitations, Microsoft cautions that "you may not work around any technical limitations in the software".
Those technical limitations have proven to be even more controversial than the legal ones.


FOR MORE GO HERE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6319845.stm

So, it might be a Mac for me next time I change computer?
I want nobody else running my computer than meself.

It's always a better choise to take a mac