Anyone got it yet.. If so I wouldn't mind seeing screen shots.. The multiple layering of the windows looks pretty cool. What is the requirements for MS Vista??

Here's a video of what the new accelerated desktop can do. These are apps take advantage of the new features.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX4mwK09KxQ

Vista will be a nice upgrade IMO. DX10 is pretty amazing in what it can do, but I'm waiting for the hardware manufacturers to get everything together. Sounds like some drivers aren't quite there.

I had it, along with Office 2007 about a month ago.

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XP vs Vista Breakdown
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-vs-vista/

for the low end of it all:

Windows Vista Home Basic
Recommended system requirements
1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

512 MB of system memory

20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space

Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory

DVD-ROM drive

Audio Output

Internet access (fees may apply)

Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration

I will never use it, to me it's the next ME...

Had it and Office 2007 since last fall (Volume License customer). Nothing impressive about Vista, went back to XP since most software doesn't work with Vista yet. That said, I really like Office 2007. Its much different (in a good, more useable way) than Office 2003. Not *quite* 100% stable yet, but not bad for a first-release Microsoft product.

And the thing that's even funnier is that Linux had shit like that back in the '90's, which means that Unix did as well. Funny how most of the decent computer software that people go really gaga over came initially from Xerox, they just didn't give a shit about it (stupid them).

Just invested in a copy of XP Pro. Luckily I have contacts at MS so got it from the Employee Store for $40 rather than the extortionate normal price. Not gonna be hopping on the Vista bandwagon for at least 12 months, been using it a little at work on a test machine - seems to be ok, nothing to write home about tho.

fawwwwwwwwwwwwk I need a hookup like that for XP Pro.

Think I'll wait untill they get the quirks worked out and release some updates. I got a hookup of XP pro from a friend's sister who works for MS for $30. Office Pro 03 was $70. Hopefully I can get the same rate next time and get them both for $100 again when they're debugged.

Best I've seen for XP Pro for the general consumer is $140 with a free upgrade to Vista. Check Global COmputers or Tiger Direct. Not sure if they're still offering that though now that Vista is out....

Employees can only spend $600 a year in the store, but they get those nice cheap prices on everything. Vista is $45 according to my friend - but the employee store sold out right away.

I finally gave up trying to use a downloaded illegal copy - MS won with their annoying inability to upgrade with an illegal copy

It depends...a friend of mine is a director up there (on the Xbox 360 team) and gets a $1000 allowance. The irony is that it doesn't apply to Xbox games so he has to pay face value.

MS have an EPP program too if your company has lots of MS licenses etc. https://epp.microsoft.com/ Should be a good discount over retail. Contacted our IT department a few times but nobody ever got with them to get me a code We have EPP through Dell which gives us pretty good discounts on computers.

Found this and had to laugh.....sorry for the size, but if it were much smaller, you'd lose the wording....

They did? That's news to me...

We have that too, but it doesn't list Vista or Office 2007 as one of the things we can buy. Actually it's doesn't list Windows XP anymore when I checked it today. Hopefully it will be there sometime, I don't mind spending $20.00 on Vista just to look at it. I also hope when they release the next Office Mac it will be on this list too, the others are.

That's the best chart I have seen yet

Ironically, it's one of the more accurate too...

I'm not upgrading. I'll just get a new machine with it pre-installed, but I'm in no hurry to do so - the only thing compelling (at home, anyway) for Vista is DirectX 10. Since there are no games that I just have to have that require DirectX 10, I'm good.

My current home computer is decent but I've noticed it's a bit sluggish with some programs so I'm looking for a new computer with Vista preinstalled. While reading Vista reviews I came across this site:

http://www.windowsvistatestdrive.com

thats cool.. Im going to wait till they get all the bugs out.

Ill never upgrade to Vista.

Time to buy an Apple

So your never going to go to Vista?

I don't know, the quality just doesn't seem to be there any more. Mine didn't survive a 5 foot drop to a concrete parking lot!

Actually the MacBook Pro survived pretty well, a few scratches and dents to the back of the case. The Hard disk and Optical disk are a different story. Tough way to get an unplanned upgrade to a bigger hard disk and dual layer dvd drive.

if thats the case.. Yea..

blah blah 1-2 years from now you will all be using vista and complaining about the next MS operating system that comes out.

Just install it and get it over with I'm hoping to get a copy from our MS TAM at work for cheap if I can.

And office 2007 is pretty neat. Lot to get used to for an end user though. And I didn't think it ran to well on XP PRO, but co workers says it runs great on Vista.