Why most of the Admins use 3.8.x vBulletin rather than 4.x.x?

[Weaser]

I agree with post #20

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Weaser Reviewed by Weaser on 25th Nov 2010. Why most of the Admins use 3.8.x vBulletin rather than 4.x.x? I am sure most of you want to know this thing :) I saw that most of the Pro Admins and most of the 4* or 5* sites are still using the old version of the vBulletin rather than VB4.x.x 1) Why is that? 2) What are the main reasons? 3) How to downgrade to 3.8.x if we are having the vb4.x.x? Please share your opinions so that we could know the reason behind this mystery:) Rating: 5

[Arthur]

well so many reviews about 3.8.6 patch level 1
hmmm
what about other level patches?

[bxflow]

patch level 1 is the latest for vbulletin 3.8.6

[Arthur]

how to downgrade my board?? any easy advice please?

[bxflow]

convert to phpbb then convert phpbb to vb 3.8.6

[Arthur]

convert to phpbb then convert phpbb to vb 3.8.6

is it necessary dude? to convert phpbb? cuz i don't know how to convert?

[Cooper]

Well the thing is that vb4 is still like a child who is learning to walk.
Yeah its cool but there is no use to it because there are only few mods that will work on it and most of the pervs are 2 cheap to buy custom skin and it dont have many premade cool looking skins right now.

Lets wait for another 3 months and by then i bet most of the guys have upgraded to vb4

[shrek]

vb3 is much faster than vb4, + it is much easier for coding

[Tix]

vB3 just has so many better features than vB4.
vB3 = Extensive selection of sleek designs, vB4 = bulky, ugly designs (maybe just 1 or 2 designs that I would use for it).
vB3 = Simple styling system, vB4 = ok maybe more modern styling system, but took a lot longer to get used to than the vB3 system.
Also the change in amount of space vB4 takes up in comparison to vB3 (suite version is about 20MB).

[Jason B]

I'm on vB 4.0.8.
There are so many less errors!
I don't know why people use 3.0.8.
Also, most of the 3.0.8 mod's are now compatible with vB 4.0.8