On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:52:59 -0400, Charlie Choc
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:44:06 -0500, wrote:

OK, I'm curious as to your opinion as to why most folks would want to
upgrade to Vista.

If you are happy and productive with XP on a current machine, no particular
reason - unless you want to switch to the 64bit version, which has better memory
management than the 64 bit version of XP. If you get a new machine with Vista on
it and the applications and devices you are using are currently supported by
their vendors, then there is no particular reason *not* to run Vista. If you are
waiting for the next OS from MS, be prepared to wait longer than you think, and
be advised that it will likely be more similar to, and have more in common with,
Vista than XP.

I'm not waiting, nor would I wait, for any particular OS from either MS
or Apple. I look at PCs for personal use as no more or less than a
tool. If they are doing the job I intend them to do, I see no reason to
upgrade simply to upgrade, i.e., without any practical benefit. I was
just curious as to your opinion as to any benefit in upgrading. I've
used Apples and IBM compatible/Windows since about '83 (I still have a
couple of Apple Lisas, one of which was sorta-directly from one of the
Steves - I can't remember which - a long story, IAC), and now use
(mainly) Windows machines for purely practical reasons: they do all I
ask at a price point that can't be touched by Apple machines.

Thanks,
R