To Buy or Not To Buy?

Hi,

Well, I am kinda new to testing Windows OS's, however I'm guessin the
productivity and efficiency of Vista will improve as the build progress lol.

However, due to the multiple versions, and quite high costs, how many of you
will be buying Vista when it is released? or be converting back to XP once
the free beta versions expire?

Also, If i bought Vista, is it only licenced for one computer? or could I
install it on my other desktops (2) with the same key or a different one? Or
would I have to buy it twice lol? :S

Cheers,

--
- Nutty -

Cost is not expected to be much different from XP. Like XP, each copy of
Vista will be licensed for one computer only. You can save a few dollars by
buying a second license for a another computer just as you can now with XP
but the difference isn't enough to matter very much. You will be able to
buy an upgrade edition in some situations but I don't think MS has published
the upgrade matrix yet.

"Marc Nutty" <marc.nutty@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:98ABB315-83C4-46D8-87E7-2D86D1EF031C@microsoft.com...

> Hi,
>
> Well, I am kinda new to testing Windows OS's, however I'm guessin the
> productivity and efficiency of Vista will improve as the build progress
> lol.
>
> However, due to the multiple versions, and quite high costs, how many of
> you will be buying Vista when it is released? or be converting back to XP
> once the free beta versions expire?
>
> Also, If i bought Vista, is it only licenced for one computer? or could I
> install it on my other desktops (2) with the same key or a different one?
> Or would I have to buy it twice lol? :S
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> - Nutty -

For those with families/students I hope Microsoft will keep the tradition of
selling student and teacher versions of the Vista operating system as they do
with Windows XP and Office 2003.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Cost is not expected to be much different from XP. Like XP, each copy of
> Vista will be licensed for one computer only. You can save a few dollars by
> buying a second license for a another computer just as you can now with XP
> but the difference isn't enough to matter very much. You will be able to
> buy an upgrade edition in some situations but I don't think MS has published
> the upgrade matrix yet.
>
> "Marc Nutty" <marc.nutty@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:98ABB315-83C4-46D8-87E7-2D86D1EF031C@microsoft.com...

>
>
>

While I do love Vista, I think there are going to be a lot of people are going to stay with XP unless they are in the market for a new computer. Vista is wonderful but I think it is more evolutionary than revolutionary and I have not seen anything that Vista does that you cannot do with XP using some third party programs.

William
"Marc Nutty" <marc.nutty@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:98ABB315-83C4-46D8-87E7-2D86D1EF031C@microsoft.com...
Hi,

Well, I am kinda new to testing Windows OS's, however I'm guessin the
productivity and efficiency of Vista will improve as the build progress lol.

However, due to the multiple versions, and quite high costs, how many of you
will be buying Vista when it is released? or be converting back to XP once
the free beta versions expire?

Also, If i bought Vista, is it only licenced for one computer? or could I
install it on my other desktops (2) with the same key or a different one? Or
would I have to buy it twice lol? :S

Cheers,

--
- Nutty -

Be sure to share your concern with MS via the Feedback link on your desktop.

"rjohnson11" <rjohnson11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F4EA4778-D24D-477C-8EF3-7C047EFEB545@microsoft.com...

> For those with families/students I hope Microsoft will keep the tradition
> of
> selling student and teacher versions of the Vista operating system as they
> do
> with Windows XP and Office 2003.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>

That might be true if you are only looking at the GUI, but under the hood is a whole other matter. The TCP/IP stack has been completely rewritten, and so on.
"William R. Mosher" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message news:2A528404-5AF0-45AE-BDF4-6A13DF9CA91A@microsoft.com...
While I do love Vista, I think there are going to be a lot of people are going to stay with XP unless they are in the market for a new computer. Vista is wonderful but I think it is more evolutionary than revolutionary and I have not seen anything that Vista does that you cannot do with XP using some third party programs.

William
"Marc Nutty" <marc.nutty@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:98ABB315-83C4-46D8-87E7-2D86D1EF031C@microsoft.com...
Hi,

Well, I am kinda new to testing Windows OS's, however I'm guessin the
productivity and efficiency of Vista will improve as the build progress lol.

However, due to the multiple versions, and quite high costs, how many of you
will be buying Vista when it is released? or be converting back to XP once
the free beta versions expire?

Also, If i bought Vista, is it only licenced for one computer? or could I
install it on my other desktops (2) with the same key or a different one? Or
would I have to buy it twice lol? :S

Cheers,

--
- Nutty -

I have to have one copy of ultimate for work purposes, it will stay on
a test box, other than that I will keep a XP box for games and video
editing and the rest are on SuSE Linux as they are now.

No I won't be upgrading to Vista, from what I have seen it is going to
be a lot of pain with not much left that was originally promised.

Looks very good, interesting to play with but from a commercial POV
forget it.

I do like Office 12 though, excellent.

Jonah

They never offered that with the OS - only with Office.

The new line up for Office System 2007 is:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...s/default.mspx

Home and Student will replace Student and Teacher.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...ome/guide.mspx

No Outlook in this version though. The expectation is most everyone at that
level will use Windows Mail or Live Mail Desktop.


--
Richard Hay
Webmaster
http://WindowsObserver.com

"rjohnson11" <rjohnson11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F4EA4778-D24D-477C-8EF3-7C047EFEB545@microsoft.com...

> For those with families/students I hope Microsoft will keep the tradition
> of
> selling student and teacher versions of the Vista operating system as they
> do
> with Windows XP and Office 2003.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>

I intend on getting the final release of Vista for my computer because I know that under the hood it is a much better OS than XP. However, I would bet that most people do not know or care about what is under the hood as long as it does what they want it to do. which is why I see many users staying with XP until the times comes when they purchase a new computer. My father in law would be still running 98 if he did not buy a new computer 3 years ago. Even now he prefers the old classic look rather than Luna.

William

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message news:%23dRkdf6oGHA.4812@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
That might be true if you are only looking at the GUI, but under the hood is a whole other matter. The TCP/IP stack has been completely rewritten, and so on.
"William R. Mosher" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message news:2A528404-5AF0-45AE-BDF4-6A13DF9CA91A@microsoft.com...
While I do love Vista, I think there are going to be a lot of people are going to stay with XP unless they are in the market for a new computer. Vista is wonderful but I think it is more evolutionary than revolutionary and I have not seen anything that Vista does that you cannot do with XP using some third party programs.

William
"Marc Nutty" <marc.nutty@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:98ABB315-83C4-46D8-87E7-2D86D1EF031C@microsoft.com...
Hi,

Well, I am kinda new to testing Windows OS's, however I'm guessin the
productivity and efficiency of Vista will improve as the build progress lol.

However, due to the multiple versions, and quite high costs, how many of you
will be buying Vista when it is released? or be converting back to XP once
the free beta versions expire?

Also, If i bought Vista, is it only licenced for one computer? or could I
install it on my other desktops (2) with the same key or a different one? Or
would I have to buy it twice lol? :S

Cheers,

--
- Nutty -

I agree, I personally see no reason to upgrade to Vista when it comes out,
maybe on a new system if they haven't made their WGA and Activation so
annoying that its like renting the software instead of owning a license.

"William R. Mosher" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
news:2A528404-5AF0-45AE-BDF4-6A13DF9CA91A@microsoft.com...
While I do love Vista, I think there are going to be a lot of people are
going to stay with XP unless they are in the market for a new computer.
Vista is wonderful but I think it is more evolutionary than revolutionary
and I have not seen anything that Vista does that you cannot do with XP
using some third party programs.