Vista completed, to be sold in January

[gimpy530]

"Windows chief Jim Allchin said Microsoft signed off on the code less than an hour ago. "It's rock solid and we're ready to ship. This is a good day," Allchin said in a conference call. Allchin said Vista will go on sale to consumers January 30."

"Microsoft has ambitious goals for Vista's deployment in businesses. Still, the company predicts that only 20 percent of PCs in large enterprises will be running Vista a year after launch. Only about 10 percent of businesses ran Windows XP, Vista's predecessor, a year after its release, according to research firm IDC."

Full story here (http://news.com.com/2100-1016-6133660.html)

Place your bets now, how long before Vista sees it's first big huge bug (such as XP's "Blaster" problem)

I give it 4 months after release before a major problem

[renegade600]

I wonder if it will change between now and then or if there will be all kinds of security updates, patches and stuff that will need to be installed immediatetly after after installing vista.

[gimpy530]

I don't understand why MS has to charge so damn much for Windows, I mean come on, $350?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=124 (Scroll down for US prices)

[oracle128]

Place your bets now, how long before Vista sees it's first big huge bug (such as XP's "Blaster" problem)

I give it 4 months after release before a major problemI say, zero-day exploit.

[Pliskit]

I don't even plan on using it. We will not be purchasing it. Heck, I am still running 2000 on here, I never boot to it, but I do have it on here. Granted it is Server 2000, but at least it is a legal copy.

[gimpy530]

I won't be buying it for a long time........it's expensive, I'm broke (maybe I'll download it, har har har har)

Just wait a few years and MS will tell XP/2000 users to F off, much as they do with everything when they are done with it