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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Software => Software - General => Topic started by: leaf on August 03, 2006, 16:34
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Anyone here testing out windows vista?
I am slightly tempted, but seeing as my hard drive just crashed and i have spent the day restoring everything, I don't feel like more computer challenges right now... however I am curious as to how it is.
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I would never use any software that is a .0 (dot zero) version. Basically, you become the guinea pig that finds all of the problems.
I would at least wait until SP1 (service pack 1) and probably SP2.
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GeoPappas that is why leaf is asking you about it. He doesn't want to be the guinea pig so he is hoping someone else will. :) Actually I wouldn't mind doing it at all, I've been a network administrator so I tend to know a reasonable amount about OS. I'm actually quite excited about Vista their color management is supposed to be a lot better and color management with XP is barely usable. Also the change to 64 bit will be nice, 64 bit XP just is a mature enough system to adopt. I thought about signing up but I just don't have any time, I have a few week old baby and I'm trying to fix up and sell our house. I've been waiting to upgrade my computer until Vista comes out, I plan on getting a dual core 64 bit computer with Vista.
Mark
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GeoPappas that is why leaf is asking you about it.
I guess that I should have also prefaced my statement with the fact that I have been in the computer business for over 20 years. And if I wouldn't touch it, then I wouldn't recommend anyone else do it either.
But there will always be those "cowboys" that will be on the "bleeding edge"...
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Knowing Microsoft's history...probably best to wait a bit. Although its probably going to be very good because competition is eating up their cake and they have to start providing the quality that people demand.
That being said, I want in as soon as I know it will be good but I don't want to slow down my computer any more than already is because Adobe is RAM eating machine. I need all the power I can scrounge.
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Personally I wouldn't use a beta OS on a primary machine :) If you have a spare machine, or even just a spare drive (they're so cheap now) you can swap in, I'd suggest you give it a shot. That way you have some idea how it works, and whether or not you like it, before it's out.
I think the whole "wait for the 1st or 2nd SP" thing is way overblown. I might use that caution when deploying in a business environment, but for home use it doesn't make sense to me. If there's some new app/release that has features I want, I'll wait till it's out long enough that I can read a few reviews on it, and if it sounds good I pick it up. I wouldn't call myself a cowboy, although I do love old Clint Eastwood westerns. I just know if something "breaks" because of some software on my machine, I can fix it easily enough. Or I play with it in a sandbox where it can't do any damage anyway.
For an OS, I would suggest taking note of the important apps you use (anti-virus, PS, etc), make a note of your hardware, then after Vista is out, search around to see if anybody is running into any issues. I remember when XP came out, there were lots of little driver problems, and some apps just wouldn't run. But most of those problems were resolved within a period of weeks/months (way before any SP was released).
Good luck,
Kevin
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I usually wait a good long time to upgrade at home. Didn't get XP until a couple games I wanted to play required XP. If it weren't for those games I'd still be running 2000.