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Microsoft releases Vista SP2 RC

by Scott Bicheno on 26 February 2009, 11:12

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Please buy Vista

There was an air of separation to a subsequent paragraph in the notable changes page: "Organizations do not need to wait for SP2 to deploy Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008; we encourage them to begin their Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 evaluation and deployment now."

This seems a tad optimistic. The successor to Vista - Windows 7 - has been getting generally positive reviews and there's a growing assumption that people will be buying PCs with Windows 7 installed this Christmas.

If a business has already waited two years to move from XP and there's a newer OS that already has a better reputation than Vista just around the corner, why would it move to Vista now - SP2 or no SP2?

What do you think, is there any reason now to move to Vista if you haven't already or is it better to wait for Windows 7? Let us know in the HEXUS.community.

 


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Posted by itslate - Thu 26 Feb 2009 12:46
I can't see Vista as an option when windows 7 is so close. It just seems a waste.:telephone:
Posted by Singh400 - Thu 26 Feb 2009 13:43
Windows 7 is far from close. It may go gold soon. But it won't be available to the general public until Dec 2009/Jan 2010.
Posted by Splash - Thu 26 Feb 2009 16:15
I'm just backing up now while the SP downloads. I'll install tonight and let you know if I have any issues.
Posted by Dreaming - Fri 27 Feb 2009 02:06
Wait for Windows 7. The way I work out software:

most software becomes redundant / obsolete at some point, due to new requirements of the user i.e. new functions or features or just a nicer feel.

This point of becoming obsolete per operating system is fixed pretty much (though differs for different users)

So whatever price you pay, you get a different cost of utilisation depending how long you have left until it becomes obsolete.

Lets pretend Vista becomes obsolete for my purposes in 1 years time. I bought it 2 years ago, so £60 / 3 years use = £20 a year 24/7 use pretty much. Not bad. If I was looking at buying it now though, I would have £60 / 1 years use (24/7) so it is effectively 3x the price, because in a year I'm going to upgrade anyway because the newer operating system will tick some box for me.

That's why when making a purchasing decision I normally opt for whatever is newest because I have the longest potential use out of it. Same should apply to companies I would guess, but then again their criteria for ‘requirements’ is going to be vastly different. They don't require the feeling of having the newest stuff, which I do :p. They just require it to run microsoft office and internet in the majority of cases, so XP is *still* fine.
Posted by Splash - Fri 27 Feb 2009 06:45
I don't think anyone's making a purchase decision based on the release of a service pack, and it's not as if you have to pay for the SP (*ahem*Apple*ahem). Also…. there's no set release date for Windows 7 as things stand, it's all rumour and hearsay. Some of it may be educated guessing, but there's still nothing confirmed.

As for the SP - a clean install for me, but I can't see any major difference. That said, the machine is patched up to date anyway so I wasn't expecting any new stuff really.

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