The Vista launch, by all accounts was blah, at best. No real big surprises, most people who wanted it have been using one of the many beta copies available on the Internet for months already.

Vista is supposed to offer several new and grand things to the end user, however I have no reason as of yet to upgrade from my XP machine. All the fluff that is coming with Vista is also confusing the hell out of consumers, including myself. Which version do I need, how many versions are there, do I need to find my XP key, What if I want to do a fresh install of Vista, do I really have to install XP first? These are all valid questions; sadly most did not have a clear answer until a few weeks ago. To make it worse, the Apple ad campaigns are making it seem like Mac is the best solution, more simple if you will. My opinion of Mac has been the same for years now, great operating system with bloated hardware costs.

Personally, I have no plans on upgrading my home computer to Vista, not even long term yet. I do however plan on buying a laptop in the next 6 months, but will be waiting until service pack 1 comes out to fix whatever holes need fixing in Vista that couldn’t be done prior to the rollout. My recommendation to others would be the same. Give it a few months, wait for some updates come and then consider making the move. If your computer is more then 2 years old, I’d highly suggest buying a whole new computer. Vista will cost you between $125-300 depending on what version you get, a quality, fully loaded Dell desktop costs around $600, including Vista and bigger and better everything.

For no nonsens answers on what the different versions of Vista are, what minimum requirements are needed and just about everything else, check out this computerworld.com article.

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