How long till you adopt Vista?

[The Old Man]

Who needs Linux?.................Vista seems to be the complete opposite............the business versions seem to require more resources that the basic home editions?Weird IMHO?

Correct, nihil, the Vista iterations build on the basic; the two home versions (Standard or premium) are built upon by the two business versions (Standard and Enterprise). The basis of all versions are that they load the OS as image files rather than .cab files. There is a "test tool" for pre-load to test your peripherals for compatibility, and the smaller the "version" (home versions) the fewer resources are required. The OS is self-adjusting for the available resources and reallocates as priorities of the user change.
The OS loads from a DVD, so of course the box you want to load it on will require a DVD reader and internet access for registration.
I watched an in-depth on-screen presentation of the Business-Enterprise version, presented from a rather moderate laptop with (approx) a 2.8gig processor and 1.5 gig RAM. The home versions will run adequately on a moderate laptop such as my present one with a 1.5gig processor and 1.25gig RAM.
The security features will appeal to corporate bosses and IT Pros who want more control over their corporate assets. Put simply, the control, security and footprints recorded by the security features have been a long time in coming (read that as maybe military, political, defense contractors, etc).
One thing that everyone should know is that it will be "pirate proof", as far as higrading a copy from work and taking it home; after installation it plays like "E.T." and dials home. If it has been registered before at another location it will give you a chance to "upgrade" or some-such. If you choose not to do so, it will lock down your box. Don't know what the time-frame for that process is though, haven't had the nerve to test it. ;-)
Gotta run, this is not all, but it's a start.
OK, back again. Had a server to attend to.
Anyway, there are logon levels with various permissions that are a lot more in depth than what we have with previous MS versions and other OS's, and the Admin login goes to a totally different operational level (including access to the Access Control List) than any of the user logins. The Admin login goes to the original registry whereas the user logins only go to a user profile mirror of the registry. (The warning was to never logon for normal daily work as the Admin, have another user login name for that). The Admin has the option of tracking back any per-user controls and activities on a *very* wide, detailed scope. Actually quite exciting for security at the government (any level, city, state, federal) systems, or a corporation with security concerns. Also quite useful for a family with curious teenagers or other visitors who may want to take the family box to nasty locations, while Mom and Dad want to keep them from those places. At any rate, whether you agree with, or would even utilize, access control and tracking of users or not, the capability is there, in spades.
I have been rather reluctant to "upgrade" any OS that is doing the job needed in an efficient manner. However, I will get Vista as soon as it comes out commercially, and have a small box (old Dell dual processor) ready to accept it.
But before I put it on any working boxes, I'll make sure I'm comfortable with the stability and that it won't go berserk and lock down the box for some unknown reason! I don't know if MS could unlock it from remote, like OnStar can unlock your car, or if you'd have to start from scratch with a format c: or reload command, or if the locked-down box would just be toast
(P.S.) One of the guys at Tiger-Direct told me that Vista would require 8 gig of RAM, but that is not true: It requires 8gig of HD (hard drive) in order to load. The processor and RAM of course are important for advanced features presentation on screen, but are basically like above.
Sorry, don't seem to think of everything at one time...