From using the vB4 on my site and going live with it without the CMS or Blog add-ons, vB4 gets my vote.
I have installed 4.0 locally to test and as soon as it goes gold it will be running my site.
I have voted vB4 as this is the direction I am following, I do presently prefer vB3 but that's just because vB4 has tossed me an immense learning curve, but no more so than the learning curve prior to getting to grips with vB3. Just wish it wasn't so much more difficult to grasp the new style design of vB4, hopefully the Gold release will see the style design (css files and stylevar manager) tidied up some.
I have a quiet forum which I have upgraded and I like the results so far.
I'll make the jump to 4.0
Now, or in the future ? Different answers for me.
Forever vBulletin 4 !
vB 3.x & maybe vB 5.0.
Ive 'voted' 3.x as I have no plans atm to move to vb4. In the future ? well eventually I guess.
Going with Paul on this one.
vB4 still needs a fair bit of work before it'll be great. I think it'll get there though.
Staying with vb3 for the time being ... until many customizations have been released for 4.0. Running a very busy forum which is quite customized.
Definitely vBulletin 4! Can't wait for it to go Gold!
Now, or in the future ? Different answers for me.
You may consider the new vbulletin4 script's cost, it's style, and it's speed, or ext.
My question for recent times, not for years ahead. The new vbulletin or vBulletin3!
Well it all depends on what each admin needs.
For me, it's no contest. I've been having cms needs so badly , because I needed to expand my websites' potential and profile, so vb4 all the way, even with the little i've seen so far, even without any addon modules.
4.0 Definitely, Upgraded after some hours when it was released :D
I'll be running it on a test site for now. I will probably wait a while after 4.0 is released before I upgrade the actual forum. I am only running with 8 mods on the site and two styles so it isn't a huge deal if I lose those.
I think it is crazy how many people I have heard installed it on their live site. Regardless of whether it is getting close to Gold or not it is a Beta version. I don't want to have to go back through and attempt to save my site if there ends up being a serious error down the road with Beta.
4.0 Definitely, Upgraded after some hours when it was released :D
I think you may wait for gold version
vb4.0 all the way
I like the latest and greatest
Sticking with vb3 for the foreseeable future. Anything that 4 does for my users, 3 can be made to do. As mods come out to extend 4 in new ways that will of course change.