2007-01-30 15:31:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
If XP is doing what you need, why get Vista at this point?
Because support for XP has been extended, and because most PCs over 1 1/2 years old cannot run Vista, I do not intend to switch until my PC crashes. I will add below items that appeared in our paper this week.
Information on Windows Vista
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/enterprise/default.mspx
Microsoft Extends XP Service (Buffalo News, 1/29/07)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Qn the eve of the consumer launch of its new Windows Vista- operating system Tuesday (Jan. 30, 2007) Microsoft Corp. is extending the period in which it will offer support for the previous version, Windows XP.
Consumers who own Windows XP machines already were entitled to get customer service on the software up until April 2009. That date reflects Microsoft’s policy of curtailing its support for an edition of Windows two years after a new version hits the market.
Microsoft recently said consumers who still have Windows XP running April 2009 will be entitled to five more years of “extended support.” In the extended plan, consumers will still get security fixes, but instead of free service from the Microsoft help desk, they will have to pay for most assistance.
Microsoft said the move was meant to bring the support policies for consumers in line with what businesses already have.
Vista has been available for big businesses since Nov. 30, 2006, but hits the consumer PCs market as of Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007
Windows Vista – Specifications – Most Visible Features
Buffalo News, 1/29/07
Vista will add to Windows display deal with viewing photos, playing videos, recording and downloading music, and running the new “memory-gobbling” programs like Office Live. Needs:
800mHz speed, 1gHz better
512mb RAM minimum
20gb to run Vista
60-80gb hard drive
2007-01-30 15:59:03 · answer #1 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!! Iam being very serious. Ever notice that when a new drug is releaased there are always complaints about it (human testing), then they take this data and correct whatever issues they can address. Same way with microsoft. Vista needs alot or work, they count on peopel reporting the bugs and errors to make updated and better builds of the program. My boss updated to Internet Explorer 7 after i told him not to. His whole computer bugged out and had to do a system restore. If microsoft cant build a browser that is internet capable then what makes you thing they can build a Vista operating system that will function?
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2007-01-30 23:39:50 · answer #2 · answered by Timothy L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no mainly because its just 3D graphics better, searching on the computer better sercuity as of right now but like with all of microsoft operating systems its gonna have bugs in it so what till they fix them then buy a computer with vista pre-installed
2007-01-30 23:38:15 · answer #3 · answered by the man the myth the answerer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Your pc should say on it VISTA READY if you can update to it...
2007-01-30 23:34:58 · answer #4 · answered by ntlgnce 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋