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02/21/2007

Top 5 Reasons Not to Get Vista

You've seen the myths and sins, now check out the top five reasons on why you shouldn't get Vista...just yet. If you have any to add, please leave us a comment.

Cost

You already have XP, and alternatives like Linux are free. If you really want to throw money away, go give it to a local charity

Unnecessary

Vista doesn't do anything you can't already do with XP. About the only significant shift requiring Vista is DirextX10, but as no titles support it yet and, according to John Carmack (the godfather of modern gaming) there's no need to yet either

Upgrading Hardware

If you have an older machine that struggles with XP at the best of times, Vista is out of your ballpark unless you spend even more money to upgrade

Not All Applications Work

These include anti-virus, backup and security software such as those from Symantec, Sophos and ilk; CD and DVD burning tools like the suite from Nero need updated versions to work; and even basic disk management and partitioning tools such as Paragon's Hard Disk Manager are awaiting an update for Vista to be compatible

Driver Support

Key hardware like video and sound is crippled at the moment -- while Nvidia is working furiously to get a stable driver for the 8800 out by the 30th, there's still no SLI support for any of the Nvidia range. And thanks to the removal of hardware accelerated 3D sound in Vista, Creative's popular DirectSound based EAX no longer works at all
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There are 13 comments about this post (1 pages).

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Posted at 02/21/2007 03:04am by Article Feed » Top 5 Reasons Not to Get Vista
[...] Original post by TechEMaster and software by Elliott Back [...]
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Posted at 02/21/2007 03:26am by Primo
Cost is the reason why I'm not upgrading, I mean why pay $400 (u gotta have the Ultimate right?) for something when XP works just fine
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Posted at 02/21/2007 03:41am by bob
Mac OS X only has 2 versions one for servers and one for everything else. And it only costs $150 CAD $130 USD and it is fully featured. None of this 5 version crap you get with vista how do you even know which one to buy. So as long as you already have a Mac, upgrading is a lot cheaper.
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Posted at 02/21/2007 05:52am by Chris
bob, what about hardware upgrades... Not so cheap :-) Price and NVidia drivers are my reasons why i wont go to Vista at the moment.
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Posted at 02/21/2007 10:24am by bas
One reason is enough, DRM.
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Posted at 02/21/2007 1:02pm by meme
Man people with Macs are worse than Jehovah's witnesses! :)
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Posted at 02/21/2007 3:25pm by shanning
If Vista is used in my home, my pc will probably crash by my father, mother sister.. again. Hav these experiences since windows 98 .. ME... .and XP.... maybe windows 2003 is the best.. to stay alive longer??? lolol Rather use Mac if no one need to play games at home. Certainly last longer.
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Posted at 02/21/2007 3:57pm by god
dude with the jehovqahs witness comment thats so tru but i must admit i am guilty of it how i love my mac
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Posted at 02/21/2007 4:48pm by valo
Actually OS X has a client and server version. The client version 10.4 is only $99 and does not require a product key. The server versions range upto around $1000 depending on how many client licenses you need. 10.5 will be around $99 and still have more features then vista. The only good thing about vista is it looks pretty. but still not as pretty as os x, although we don't have full transparency yet, but vista doesn't either.
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Posted at 02/22/2007 00:37am by stephen mcdermott
Reason #1. OSX
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Posted at 02/22/2007 03:07am by ILoveReview
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Posted at 02/22/2007 07:20am by monotonehell
@Chris: The Mac concept is that the platform is not a constantly upgrading moving target. Unlike PC where you get upgrading parts Frankenstein-wise. So instead of adding bits and bobs and eventually having to replace the whole thing over a couple of years, with Mac you use it for a couple of years then get a new one. It's just a different way of doing it, and probably better for professional use. Personally, I have a Franken-PC running linux cos I like choice. DRM sucks.
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Posted at 03/13/2007 05:20am by Tropiezos en la red » Blog Archive » Las 5 mejores razones por las que no comprar Windows Vista… aún.
[...] Traducción libre de: TechEBlog » Top 5 reasons not to get Vista. [...]
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