Wiki - Vista

[Slush]

I love Wikipedia! I never heard of Vista but here's what Wiki had to say.

"Windows Vista is the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, superseding Windows XP. It was previously known by its codename Longhorn (see the other Microsoft codenames). The name "Vista" was unveiled on July 22, 2005. Longhorn Server, the successor of Windows Server 2003, is yet to be named. According to sources, the scheduled release date for Windows Vista is July 23, 2006. That release date is only scheduled for PC vendors so that systems will be made Vista-ready before Christmas. The general public availability is projected to be after early September 2006.

Windows Vista will carry the version number 6.0 (Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 being Windows NT versions 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2, respectively).

Windows Vista has several planned new features such as an entirely new user-interface called Aero, improved searching technology dubbed Search, and an XML specification designed for document formats and similar in many ways to Adobe's PDF entitled XPS. Windows Vista also has an entirely new development API, WinFX, along with several other key technologies. In addition, current speculation points to several different editions of Windows Vista being released, including starter, home, and professional editions. The new operating system had several previously scheduled features that are currently not planned to go into the operating system such as WinFS and the new command shell Windows Command Shell, code-named MSH and Monad. System requirements of the new software are also higher than previous versions of Windows."

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[NicoMoon]

Well, naturally they have to come up with something to hog up all my available system resources!!

Life was too easy for me of late!

I really do have to groan when I hear of new operating systems on the horizon, but at the same time, I'm quite happy to not still be stuck using DOS.

[Lyte]

Originally Posted by NicoMoon

.... but at the same time, I'm quite happy to not still be stuck using DOS.

This is true but from what I've read, Vista is NOT some huge improvement over our current Windows XP. This inclines me to NOT rush right out and get it!

Plus, I've learned the hard way you never buy something "new" the first year it comes out. Heck... look at XBOX 360!! Within days (maybe hours?) of it's release people were finding all sorts of problems with it! I imagine next year's version of X360 will have many of these problems worked out.

If Vista turns out to be something spectacular than I'm all for taking myself and my computer to the next level. However, right now I'm very happy to sit back and see what all the wacky hackers find in Vista before I buy!

ED

[dr911]

Hey All,

I'm NOT going out to buy Microsoft's new OS. I have 98se & XPpro.....what else do I need ?? My next project is getting both PC's together.....I know.......networking....here I go. This should be fun !!!!!

[Lyte]

XPro I know, what's 98SE???

Lyte

EDIT: Oh, you mean the 1998 Second Edition version??? Why wouldn't you just replace that with XPPro??

[dgridley]

The problem is, eventually MS will stop providing support for the earlier editions in terms of patches, drivers, etc so you're more or less forced to upgrade.. my advice is to wait to see what patches or updates the new OS will require.. I can't believe it will be any more stable than earlier versions!

Originally Posted by dr911

Hey All,

I'm NOT going out to buy Microsoft's new OS. I have 98se & XPpro.....what else do I need ?? My next project is getting both PC's together.....I know.......networking....here I go. This should be fun !!!!!

[Lyte]

Agreed! I've had VB for not two months now and there's been two up grades already. Ugh!

[Momo]

I'm not too excited about Vista either, from what I've read and seen, the changes aren't that major or significant anyway, just a few semi-invisible changes here and there. Though of course the interface looks good. :p