Exactly, you shouldn't get vista with anything less than 2gb of ram. As i said my computer runs great, I believe this is the cause of most of the negative feedback.

I really like XP! I've heard nightmares about Vista & wouldn't purchase a new PC right now because they only come w/Vista! "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

Vista needs a antivirus program just like XP , did I say that Vista doesn't need one? Linux, Unix and OSX: they don't need a antivirus program. UAC sucks but if you try to install a program on Unix-like OS or modify system settings, it asks for a admin password. that is security.

I lost my documents and settings in a black screen crash on Windows XP, SP2 as a result of trying to change my video card. Since then I never keep any critical file on the same hard drive as the OS. with that precaution, I'm very very happy with XP

Um... EVERY OS should have an anti-virus installed because no matter how intelligently designed and secure an OS is, it can't protect the lowest common denominator users from being taken advantage of by weasels trying to perform identity theft, drive-by downloads, etc. Just because Justin Long told you in a commercial, or you heard it from a fanboy site, doesn't make it true. Intelligent use does protect you from MOST attacks, but not all.

I've run XP for years, and love it! I'm learning Vista, and given enough hardware, it runs really well. I think it should be considered for home use long before the enterprise, just like anything Apple. I don't get the sense it's enterprise-ready, but probably more accurately - enterprises, third-party software vendors, and hardware vendors aren't ready for it.

I hear a lot of Pro-Vista people saying that the same was said for XP. XP was a memory hog, ran slow, etc etc. The difference between XP release and Vista is XP had tons of hardware support and you could run it on older systems with next to no problems. XP also had repair installs and was fairly simple to convert file systems from FAT32 to NTFS. Now then, about Vista currently. It looks great, it really does, it has better support for multicore systems and the page file system seems to be better. Some of the features are nice, like the desktop search. And for the most part it runs good. Unfortunitly XP runs great and doesn't nor did it, require you to update your entire systems hardware. Many people are finding a lot of their hardware completely incompatible with Vista. By time Vista has all the kinks worked out Windows 7 will either release or have come close if you include the liklyhood of delays. Vista feels to much like the new Windows ME. Further more, computer manufactures need to stop selling underpowered computers to foolhardy consumers. I can almost gaurentee alot of the Mass disapproval of Vista has been from people who bought the cheapest "Vista Capable" computer they could find in hopes of being up to date with all the technophiles. Further more, Microsoft needs to stop selling multiple versions of their OS. You should get everything you need in 1 package and then during the setup determine what you machine can handle and what features you need as a user. Also, it would be smart of Microsoft to make the next release x64 only. I have a machine running x64 Ultimate, and sadly not alot of software either works with x64 or takes advantage of it. 99% of the processors in computers sold today are x64 capable, so lets get it over with and move to it. I think another important step for Windows is no longer have Minimum requirements and Recommended. Sure you can run Vista on a 2ghz singlecore processor with 512mb of memory, but its not really running as it is struggling. If you recommend the computer have 2ghz duelcore with 1gb of memory to "full use the software and all its features" then that should be the minimum settings. I'm not saying Vista is horrible, I'm just saying currently XP does everything I want it to about 20% quicker then Vista, and for work, I don't need all the media crap. Even on my XP machine my settings are set to performance, regardless of the fact I'm running it on a machine that would make vista look good. As consumers or users, what we should want is a stable OS that works with current software and is more productive then the previous version. Which is the point of why Vista isn't where its at. I'm more productive on XP then I am on Vista regardless of what I'm doing.

I have used XP since the beginning. I would be interested in Vista Ultimate, but I refuse to pay the high price for Microsoft's latest OS.

I have 2 identical Dell XPS410's 2 gig ram duel core etc,etc. they were built with Vista in mind.my XP pro vs my Vista= XP- very fast & reliable,all my app's run well. Vista- slow to boot,slow to shut down,way to many app's wont run on it,ask me every time I try downloading something,did you start this action,well hell yes who eles would have? I will be using my Vista PC only for a short time to see if SP1 helps it out.then I will be installing XP or another OS.I cant accept[t Vista's slow ways. G4acre