Vista - Upgrade?

[Ryan Ward]

O.K., I just read the cnet review. I got a laptop for Christmas and it cam with a free upgrade to Vista - question is for anyone here - why would I upgrade? The cnet review is mediocre. Here is the link:

cnet.com/4520-13111_1-6687520-1.html?tag=prmo1

Has anyone upgrades - or sidegraded as it may be since it doesn;t sound that impressive. If I upgrade it sounds like I should go with ultimate.

Thoughts

[pcdoc]

why would I upgrade?

Only if Vista offers something that XP Pro does not.

My recommendation is to wait a year for Vista to mature, then decide.

[Sam Dodd]

Do you need to upgrade? No Is it cool to upgrade? Yes I personally upgraded to Office 2007 and love the new outlook. I havent tried Vista yet as I am buying a new computer soon and am waiting until then to upgrade.

[REW Fergus]

Funny, I can't stand Office 2007. They changed the interface entirely, got rid of the menu bar, and did all these weird control panels instead. I understand menu bars. I have been using them for about a decade. Office 2007 makes me feel like I am sitting in front of a computer for the first time, even though I have used every version of Office since 95.

Vista is such a bloated, wasteful, spyware product, that I am seriously debating making Linux my upgrade path...

[Calgary Agent]

I won't upgrade to Vista until I'm forced to *likely about the time M$ ceases to support XP*. Given M$'s track-record, that may be sooner than one thinks .....

[Sam Dodd]

Weird how one person can love it and another hates it. I guess I see your point Fergus but I really do like it. Maybe its that I was raised on Macs so the new Microsoft stuff makes me feel right at home.

[Borino]

I just received Vista as a gift from my brother. I really didn't plan to upgrade but now I'll give it shot. I'll let you know how it turns out.

[REW Fergus]

@Calgary Realtor

I've heard rumblings MS will drop XP support much quicker than we might expect too. They were quite aggressive about forcing their malware IE7 on unsuspecting users.

@CedarCityRealtor

That could be well be. I guess I feel frustration that I am expected to learn a new interface when I had one that I understood well in the last version. I don't see how this new approach is better. I find myself searching for functionality I could have called up instantly before.

But obviously some smart folks at Microsoft think this is better, and I'm sure you're not the only person who agrees.

[Calgary Agent]

Doesn't Office '07 have a "Classic" menu view?

[Auliya]

I found an excellent article about vista, here it is: http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007...pcworld/129126