From a tech point of view, both in support and for use with my home PC, I happen to dislike 'new' things.
I cannot tell you how much I dread when my company is going to fully support Vista... That means I have to not only remember Win95/98/ME/XP/NT/2K/SVR2K/SVR2K3, but now I get to commit Windows Vista to memory. Now, I love learning and playing with new toys, but the question is: what does Vista offer than XP does not? From the business persective, not much. Which is why many businesses have absolutely no plans to move to Vista until MS forces them too.
As a tech, the only reason I see myself upgrading to Vista is for DX10. I don't care so much for all the flashy stuff and so on.
In the end, I don't hate Vista. I just wanted more from it... They said it was going to come with a new and improved file system. Well, it didn't.
But even so, give me one good reason to upgrade to Vista with my current computer? Why spend $400 for retail vista ultimate only to use up one of my two installs? So, the next PC I build I could use it and bingo, now I lost my ability to upgrade my computer and install Vista without buying a new copy. This was a very crappy move in my opinion...
So, no thanks... So far DX10 doesn't bring anything new the table in real world applications. Sure, slightly better shadows, maybe a few more particles, but DX9 is good enough for me until I am forced into a new computer or OS.
FYI - I have a FULL RETAIL COPY of Vista Ultimate. But will not install it until I build my new PC. I don't want to use one of my two activations :thumbsdown: