| Current Status | Currently stable. No security problems and bugs are few and far between. | Beta 2. Currently it shouldn't be used for live sites. You'll need to wait for the Release Candidates in order to have a production worthy. |
| Future Prospects | Only security upgrades will be made, which means you'll be tied to the current set of features. | Very bright. It will take while for developers to update their products and take full advantage of 1.5's new features, but by choosing 1.5 you will have an easy upgrade path to future versions. |
| Components | Currently all of the available components on joomla.org are compatible with 1.0.12. | Quite a few components on joomla.org can run with Joomla 1.5 in legacy mode, but new components that take full advantage of the features on 1.5 are yet to be released. |
| Templates | All the free and commercial templates you'll find currently work with 1.0.12. | No commercial and only a few free templates have been released to but expect a rush of designs when the first Release Candidate is issued. |
| Why should I choose this version? | If time is not on your side, go with 1.0.12. Also, if you have a small site, the migration to 1.5 should be relatively painless. | If your project is not urgent, or if you're building a large, fully-featured site, its well-worth waiting the extra time to take advantage of 1.5's increased potential. |
