Should I buy XP....?

[FactorD]

hey, before I go on, let me tell you about my situation: my OS (windows server 2003) is not a legit copy and it's starting to worry me. Now that I finally have this new PC (which, yes I bought from ebay.. ) set up, having programs which aren't compatible with winserver and crapping myself every time there's a windows update, is starting to worry me. I've even got those "you have x days to activate windows" messages, but now they've magically dissapeared or something... I've since turned off the update feature.

My dillema is; I've been thinking that I could wait it out till January or whenever Vista comes out and just get that, I already have the beta...

So my options/ questions are:

1. Should I keep using this unpredicatable, unreliable OS and wait for Vista? (heh.. from the beta, vista also seems unpredicatable and unreliable!)
2. Should I take the plunge and just buy XP, and forget about Vista for at least 2 years after it's out?

Also...

What are your thoughts on Vista in general?
Isn't XP stable, well supported and pretty-looking enough??
What should matter more in an OS; performance or a super pretty interface???

I'm basically damage controlling for XP now, I really wanted Vista and if XP was cheap I'd have no problems buying Vista like a year from now when it's out, but it's not.

So.. does anyone know where I can buy XP Home for cheap? Is it possible to import an american copy from the UK? In england, XP home is still crazy expensive. Also, I want a new copy of XP, that I can install to a partition on the hard drive, not an upgrader from an old OS, (I don't think they make upgrades for winserver 2003 anyway...).

Thanks.

 

[Powermoloch]

Heh...spend on a real legit copy and be done with it.

I've never got 1 problem at all with XP pro or Home. Just keep updating.

 

[TheRyuu]

There's no telling when Vista is coming out. Just go out and buy XP, pro or home whichever you want.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: wizboy11
There's no telling when Vista is coming out. Just go out and buy XP, pro or home whichever you want.

:thumbsup:

 

[nova2]

well until you get windows xp, you could use windizupdate (google that) (because you're locked out of windows update) and have it DL/install security updates you need (it has your browser DL them from the microsoft website), instead of manually checking the MS website and applying the patches.
or you can have it just list which patches you need.

just dont allow your nonlegit windows box to get owned while waiting to get winxp.