Windows Vista...

What to do, what to do...

I'm really flip-flopping on whether to buy Windows Vista.  It's flashy interface is very appealing to me, but the $400 price tag for the Ultimate version is hard to swallow.  And yes, I wouldn't be satified with anything but the Ultimate version.  I've run the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor, and my laptop passes with flying colors.

I've been reading all the reviews.  Once you sort through all the "Microsoft is the antichrist" crap, conventional wisdom says 'if you don't have a compelling reason to upgrade... don't'.   So is my love for a great looking user-interface a compelling reason?  If Windows Vista Ultimate was a hundred-and-fifty bucks, I'd say yes.  At four-hundred bucks, I don't think so. 

It sure looks nice though. 

Of course, the Microsoft haters are poo-pooing all the new bells and whistles.  'OS-X and Linux have been doing that for years'... 'Microsoft is ripping off Apple's interface'...'Linux is free' they whine.  Ya' know what?  I could care less.  I'd be concerned if Microsoft didn't update to current standards.  And I happen to LIKE the Windows interface.

I probably won't be upgrading to Vista though.  Not right yet.  I'm going to do like millions of others and hang loose for a bit.  I'll upgrade in the future, but not yet.

Comments

[Kim]

Jimmy, just a reminder if you purchase upgrade of Vista it will in-validate your XP license when you install, so be darn sure you want to do it! :-)

[Jimmy the Geek]

Thanks Kim, I wouldn't buy the upgrade anyway. And with the low cost of hard drives these days, I'd simply install it on a new drive. So when I do buy it, it'll be the full-blown Ultimate version!

[Steel]

Buy yourself a new laptop for Father's Day.

It'd only be a bit more than Vista.

[Kipondria]

Hey JIM!

And a year later, not sure vista is worth it at all, heard nothing but problems like a lot of reboots.