GameFaqs Poll of the Yesterday: Do you plan to upgrade to Windows Vista?

[The Spawn]

No for me.

 

[Matt]

no.

 

[Mr Jide]

Wow 3 threads spawn??

Nice going.


.....and yes.

 

[X-Chick]

Mine is on the way, but I don't know when I'll actually install it.

 

[Rated-X]

yes

 

[Fran]

Already have it.

 

[The Spawn]

vBulletin sucks.

 

[X-Chick]

You only need to hit the post button once, regardless of how long it takes. You're just impatient.

 

[Fran]

It's actually worth the upgrade if you have a computer that can handle it. My laptop came Windows Vista-ready, so all I had to do was install it without worries.

I don't know why everyone's talking about security issues

 

[The Spawn]

Who says I think vBulletin sucks for that reason?



And regardless, I hit the button twice with a 5 minute loading time in between.
















My thing with Vista is the memory...and the fact that I only get upgrades when it becomes standard.

Like how quicktime videos online don't work for ME anymore.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Yeah, why wouldn't you?

 

[Erzengel]

I would be happy with what I got unless the upgrade is relatively inexpensive. I could just wait for my next computer.

 

[JStorm]

XP does what I need.

Vista is new, and surely has bugs.

 

[Cobblepot]

Maybe in about 6/7 months from now.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Bill Gates was makin a huge deal about using CIA security features. It's def worth checking out but not anytime this year.

 

[hitmanyr2k]

I tried VISTA out on a spare hard drive for about a week and there wasn't anything noteworthy about it so I went back to XP and won't be upgrading anytime soon.

 

[The Spawn]

What exactly can get better in this day and age in regards to usability?

 

[Wolfwood]

Not for a while, it takes me some time to eventually get around to doing these things. You don't want to know how long it took me to get XP.

 

[terry78]

I'm working at CDW, and that's been like the main purchase for the past couple of weeks I've been getting. Vista upgrades, non-stop. I want to say, wait until they get the bugs worked out first, but then I'd lose gross profit.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I'll get it eventually.

 

[jaguarr]

I don't know why everyone's talking about security issues

http://www.normantranscript.com/cnhi/thenormantranscript/commerce/local_story_040004515

New Windows Vista hacked already

The Norman Transcript

— The marketing propaganda touting Microsoft’s new Vista operating system as “the most secure version of Windows yet” has done nothing to stop both white and black hat hackers from discovering Vista vulnerabilities. Unless you simply enjoy acting as an experimental Microsoft guinea pig, it’s best to wait before trying to run Windows Vista.
Quite disturbing were recent revelations that Microsoft’s own Live OneCare antivirus program, tailored specifically for Vista, is unable to block many well-known computer viruses. Another antivirus package from McAfee also fails to do the job. This fulfills predictions made in early 2006 by antivirus firm Symantec (maker of Norton AntiVirus) that, because of Microsoft’s failure to provide ways for antivirus programmers to fully integrate their products with Vista, many antivirus programs would have a hard time protecting Vista users. I guess that includes Microsoft, as well.
Russian hackers posted instructions to an underground forum describing how to implement “privilege escalation,” which could bypass some Vista security measures. This hack could escalate the “privileges” of a normal Vista user into that of a “superuser,” allowing him to change anything he desired on the system. This would be particularly dangerous in a corporate environment where normal computer users have limited privileges, in that they cannot install programs, visit certain Web sites, etc. This threat is considered so serious that Microsoft has scrambled its “Security Response Center,” which is ostensibly still trying to figure out what to do.
Microsoft also recently acknowledged that Vista’s built-in speech recognition software could be exploited by bad guys to delete files and even shut the computer down. This wacky (and quite clever) hack works something like this: A Vista user downloads and plays a malicious audio file, probably thinking that it’s the latest Toby Keith song. Instead, the audio file begins barking commands through the computer’s speakers, such as, “Delete all files in the ‘My Documents’ folder,” or, “System shut down.” These verbal commands are picked up by the computer’s microphone, processed by the built-in speech recognition software, and the computer obeys. Crazy, huh?
Research done by Tokyo-based security vendor Trend Micro, makers of the popular PC-cillin antivirus products, has uncovered the existence of ongoing eBay-style black hat hacker auctions where attack programs that can be used to compromise Vista computers are being bought and sold for as much as $50,000. Reports are that, in order to steal as much money as possible, computer criminals are biding their time and building their arsenals, waiting for Vista to be installed on more computers around the world before unleashing their most powerful Vista-busting weapons.
In the face of known Vista security holes, Microsoft spokesmen have been unapologetic. Stephen Toulouse, senior product manager at Microsoft’s “Trustworthy Computing Group,” told CNN, “We know from the outset that we won’t get the software code 100 percent right … but Windows Vista has multiple layers of defense.” Another Microsoft representative told ZDNet, “It’s important to remember that no software is 100 percent secure.”
Still, I wonder, “Why is it important for me to remember that no software is 100 percent secure? Oh, yeah, so I’ll remember to hold off on installing Windows Vista.”
Said one very irritated and frustrated Vista early adopter, “I should have bought a Mac.”
Dave Moore has been repairing computers in Norman since 1984, when he borrowed $1,200 to buy a Commodore 64 system. He can be reached at 919-9901 or www.davemoorecomputers.com.




jag

 

[Fran]

Well, you're too Apple biased.

 

[jaguarr]

http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/102716/malware-more-compatible-with-vista-than-antimalware-products.html


Malware more compatible with Vista than anti-malware products
Posted by Rene Millman at 5:37PM, Monday 22nd January 2007

Malware writers faster in developing code than security industry, claims expert.

Malware writers appear to be much further along in developing malware for Vista than the security industry is in making products to protect the new operating system.

Speaking exclusively to IT PRO, Tim Eades, senior vice-president of sales at security company Sana Security said that 38 per cent of malware is already Vista-compatible.

"Malware writers have gone through the WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) list to make sure that their code works on new machines," he said. "They have managed to port code to Vista quicker than the security industry."

The WHQL list defines hardware that is compatible with the Windows operating system.

Eades said that consumers should be caution of adopting the 64-bit version of Vista. He said that very few security vendors outside of anti-virus have products ready for the operating system.

However, Paul Brettle, technical manager for Stonesoft said that the long lead time for development of security products was no different to what happened with previous versions.

"With the release of Windows XP, and Windows 2000 before it, we saw a delay of up to 6 months before solutions were commonly available for the platform," he said.

He said that Microsoft has been much more efficient in getting the product out to third-party providers to enable them to be Vista aware.

"Microsoft has significantly changed several parts of the architecture of Windows for Vista," said Brettle. "This has forced many providers of security solutions to completely re-engineer their software to support this change.

He added that in many cases, this change has not been for any obvious or clear benefit. "Although since the Windows architecture is the intellectual property of Microsoft. It has the right to change any part of it at any time - and obviously felt that a change was necessary for their future development needs," said Brettle.

He said that it would probably "not be a good idea to buy a brand new laptop from a major high-street shop with Windows Vista on it since it will not support the packages that you need, regardless whether the relevant security solutions are available for it or not."

He said that any criticism of the lack of support for Windows Vista for security solutions should really be aimed at the manufacturers and retailers - "not at Microsoft itself - who are forcing the consumer market to be this way."


jag

 

[jaguarr]

Well, you're too Apple biased.

That does not change the fact that Vista's already been hacked and has more malware compatible with it than it has anti-malware in such a short time after it's release.

jag

 

[terry78]

"Dude, I'm gonna buy a PS3 AND Vista all in the first wave of their release! I have lots of sensitive encrypted info, but I'm going to leave it on my PS3 hard drive plus on my Vista-infused laptop, because I KNOW those two will never have problems!! YEAH! AWESOME! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"