XP is dead: No more dodging the Vista bullet?

[abulneniono]

Bring out yer dead. Mark your calendars of doom in ominous blood-red scrawl, for today is the day that American software beast Microsoft Corp. chopped the retail head off its stalwart XP operating system and held aloft (the still unpopular) Windows Vista as its now unavoidable successor.
If the post made in the wrong section, please move

 

[emorphien]

this would be the wrong section I think, seems more like a steam vent thread to me

I've been using Vista 64 Ultimate since release, no complaints from here. I know quite a few other people using it and they similarly have no complaints.

 

[MinusTheBear]

I am using windows vista ultimate 32bit and I have no problems whatsover, it has been error free since...well the time I installed it.

 

[rnatalli]

I could care less as I use Os X and Linux as operating systems

 

[astrodon]

I could care less as I use Os X and Linux as operating systems

I agree, Linux is the way to go. I know of quite a few people that have had all sorts of difficulties with Vista not being able to run software that worked fine under XP. And it is that reason that our university still hasn't made the switch to Vista. Now that Microsoft is forcing the issue, maybe I can use this to get the university to convert all MS machines to Linux.

 

[Seth=L]

I am using windows vista ultimate 32bit and I have no problems whatsover, it has been error free since...well the time I installed it.

I too have windows Vista 32 bit. The program I use for music, winamp, seems to have a fuss with Vista. I can't just drag and drop files into Winamp anymore like I am able to do on my XP machine. It's merely a minor annoyance. Other than that, Vista has been fine.

 

[MDS]

I'm still using XP on my home machines as well as work laptop because my company is not willing to upgrade to Vista just yet.

However, what I love about this type of situation is the inevitable 'well I use OS X, BSD Unix, Linux (gee which of the million different flavors?), whatever and it has no problems'. Yeah, right. Take it from a programmer - ALL code has problems, you just haven't hit on the thing that affects you yet.

 

[cfrizz]

XP does everything I need it to do for my system. The only way I'll be getting Vista is if I get a new pc.

 

[Nomo]

I'm running Vista. Once you remove the "stupification" features that MS decided were needed it does run pretty smooth, most of the time.

It does irritate me that so many programs and periferals either run with difficulty or don't run at all in Vista.

Welcome to the future.

 

[emorphien]

I've had more problems getting various Linux distros, including the ever popular Ubuntu to work than I have had with Vista (or XP). I've had more problems getting printers to work on OSX than Windows too. Every OS has its problems.

I could care less as I use Os X and Linux as operating systems

then please commence doing so!

 

[Halon451]

I've been running Vista for a little while now, despite having heard the various complaints about application incompatibility. Most applications I install on my machine have updated versions that are now Vista-ready, so I for one, have no complaints with it; I think it's a sharp looking OS (better than the cartoon appearance of XP), and there are a few new features that I think make using my PC a lot easier. I'm not yet ready to tout Vista as the new best thing, but it's doing pretty good so far.

Incidentally, XP will likely not be fully dead for another several years. I have read reports of Microsoft maintaing XP support up until 2014, along with Vista, and sometime in the future between now and then, Windows 7 - by 2009, Microsoft will likely be supporting three different platforms at once.

To not offer XP support would be an awful move for Microsoft, as they have only stopped issuing the OS on new machines sold at retailers. Considering that many business network structures have only recently begun to migrate to XP based server-client systems, to pull the rug out from under them now would be disastrous. I think that is where the true danger lies, more so than with people's personal home computers.

 

[rnatalli]

Every OS has its problems.

Amen to that.

 

[rnatalli]

However, what I love about this type of situation is the inevitable 'well I use OS X, BSD Unix, Linux (gee which of the million different flavors?), whatever and it has no problems'. Yeah, right. Take it from a programmer - ALL code has problems, you just haven't hit on the thing that affects you yet.

Where did I state anything regarding OsX and Linux being perfect? I was simply pointing out that I don't care as I don't use a Microsoft OS.

 

[audioman00]

I agree, Linux is the way to go. I know of quite a few people that have had all sorts of difficulties with Vista not being able to run software that worked fine under XP. And it is that reason that our university still hasn't made the switch to Vista. Now that Microsoft is forcing the issue, maybe I can use this to get the university to convert all MS machines to Linux.

good luck with that one! LMAO

 

[MDS]

Where did I state anything regarding OsX and Linux being perfect? I was simply pointing out that I don't care as I don't use a Microsoft OS.

The comment was general and not directed at anybody.

 

[emorphien]

I agree, Linux is the way to go. I know of quite a few people that have had all sorts of difficulties with Vista not being able to run software that worked fine under XP. And it is that reason that our university still hasn't made the switch to Vista. Now that Microsoft is forcing the issue, maybe I can use this to get the university to convert all MS machines to Linux.

I don't think that's going to make your software problems any better.

 

[rnatalli]

The comment was general and not directed at anybody.

Gotcha!

 

[niget2002]

Latest I heard was that Microsoft will only offer support for their "latest 2" flavors of Windows... whatever they are. Right now that's XP and Vista. When the next comes out, they'll drop support for XP.

For my company, doing a whole-sale move to Vista is impossible due to hardware requirements, and we won't support two different operating systems. Our company has a deal with Dell that they will still pre-install XP on laptops we order, but I'm not sure how long that will last either. I'm hopeing they'll continue selling them to us like this until we can slowly replace all the older hardware.

I'm a big-time Linux user too (my primary laptop), but there's no way my company would switch over to it or OSX... there's just too many apps that won't run on it. There's also too many users that probably couldn't handle it mentally... I can think of 3 just in this hallway that would be an administrative nightmare to try and teach a new OS.

I'll probably pick up a new laptop on the next order with Vista so I can start testing things out in preparation of some type of changeover.

 

[astrodon]

good luck with that one! LMAO

Yes I know it's wishful thinking. When it comes to operating systems, I still think that Digital's VMS OS was the best since I found it very user friendly. Back when Unix was running VMS out the door, I was a big anti-Unix person too. Now I love Unix-based systems. I'm getting much older now and like "change" even less today than I did 20 years ago.

 

[Darth Mike]

I have attempted to make the switch to vista multiple times, I just couldn't do it, between issues with it, and slowing down my machines, I just couldn't stand it. I bought a brand new laptop, and sold it soon after in favor of a used one.