Things to Consider Before You Buy Vista
CNET put out an instant poll about the adoption of Vista. The Results are shown below:
If you decide to upgrade. As you know, unlike the previous version of OS, Vista is more demanding in therm of hard ware it runs on.
Customers who pay about $233 for an upgrade copy of Vista Ultimate (or about $399 for the full version), for instance, could essentially end up running the equivalent of Vista Home Basic ($100 to $199) if Vista’s installation software finds that the computer doesn’t have the hardware to run specific Ultimate features optimally.
If you’re upgrading your existing PC, while it’s not foolproof, give your computer a once-through with the Vista Upgrade Advisor. The checker doesn’t tell you whether or not the flashy Vista features like Aero or BitLocker will work on your machine. You can also give a test drive Vista with this web-based tool HERE.
So our advice: you might need to give up your PC to a local church; go out and get a new PC with preloaded Vista and spend another 4 hours to delete all the bundledware that come with it.
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They missed one big category in the poll - “Whenever there is an Vista only killer game.”
I’ve a feeling that a lot of those people who say that they’ll be switching to Mac OS X will be buying a Vista in the future…