Anyone buying Vista?

I cannot be alone in having seen the hype, launch and then havoc created when people rush to use the latest 1.0 version of thing X.

There are FEW, if ANY, reasons to rush out and use a new operating system on a production pc - by all means install it and use it extensively on a test-bed pc, but NEVER on your production (main) pc.

It doesn't matter whether you're using your pc for software design, reading email, or trading - if you cannot afford to have your pc and it's data down, don't do the upgrade.

Goes without saying, but there you go, I said it.

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Quote from traderdragon2:

Ill move to vista when they make me and I have no choice. By that time, it will be stable :D
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LOL, well, they made me. My computer melted down Friday and the new one has Vista.

No problems with any of my old software except Qcharts. Doesn't show after hours or overnight sessions now. I'm assuming it's a Vista issue since no one else seems to have this problem.

Ninja Trader was having some trouble too, but looks like they resolved it.

-EZ
 
I just royally horked up my machine with XP on it. I tried to do a reingstall with the disc that came with the machine, it wound up with the cpu at 100% because some antivirus process was running, after I uninstalled the virus software days ago, so I killed the process and now I cannot reboot. I don't have a real os disc to do a clean install with full format. If I get an upgrade disk will I be able to get going with it or do I need to get the full disc?
 
I just dont trust " you know who ". Selling a crap product and then trying to gouge more money by selling up-grades after 1 week ????????
Personally I have turned off the Windows XP upgrades. I just dont trust the guy not to put some stuff into my XP so that one HAS to buy Vista. I just try to put up with getting that balloon telling me to switch it back ON.
Perhaps I'm being a bit paranoid BUT everything is working OK at the moment - "as the man said as he fell past the 10th floor of the skyscraper ............
 
No, No

Drivers etc are going to need at least 6 months to be useful. I am usually an early adapter, but not this time around. Maybe wait until service pack 1 at least.
 
I've been running Vista since December. I like it. It runs all of my applications (except for 1, and I knew that going in) wonderfully. I'm not sure there are compelling reasons to run out to the store today and upgrade, but I'm not so sure where all of the negativity comes from either.
 
Quote from kiwi_trader:

If you use an upgrade disk you need a real install disk to prove that the upgrade is ok. An old w98, wme or nt install disk would be fine.
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Actually based on what I've read, that is no longer true (its not enough to just have the previous version install disk - you need to have the previous OS actually loaded now before it will let you do an upgrade install)

But there is a work-around that lets you use a Vista upgrade disk to do a clean install. Basically you install Vista once and then install it again thus the second install is an "upgrade"..apparently this works. Read the details here:

http://www.windowsitpro.com/mobile/pda/Article.cfm?ArticleID=95011&News=1
 
http://news.com.com/Vista+upgrade+workaround+revealed/2100-1016_3-6159318.html?tag=ne

Vista upgrade workaround revealed
An IT professional discovers a way of getting a full version of Vista for the cost of a simple upgrade.
By Colin Barker
Special to CNET News.com
Published: February 14, 2007, 9:21 AM PST

An IT professional claims to have discovered a way of upgrading to a full version of Vista from scratch, while only paying the cost of an upgrade for an earlier version of Windows.
 
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