This statement is completely ridiculous. Vista has been introduced into the consumer market with far too many hardware and software incompatabilities, and hordes of bugs. PC World is a technology magazine. Naturally, technology editors covering Vista will want to help out with any problems. People helping out with tech problems will share tips that they think might help readers. Do you really think that the staff at PC World is drowning in Vista? If tech magazines didn't cover Vista because the experts were able to work around the bugs, but didn't share their knowledge, there would be no technology magazines!

One thing you forget to mention about the run command in windows vista is that the search box will actually function as the run box too. Try typing msconfig or something in it and press enter...it works exactly the same.

I agree. Last December I bought a laptop with Windows XP, but with a free Vista upgrade. After waiting some months until there were Vista compatible versions of the software that I use and for my printer - and after reading many negative Vista reviews - I bit the bullet. The Vista upgrade was smooth and flawless. The companion disc that Gateway sent that upgraded the laptops drivers worked as well. My computer runs FASTER with Vista and I have had no problems.

That some have problems getting old software or hardware to run on Vista is no fault of Microsoft. Palm is particularly noteworthy. They didn't have a Vista compatible version until July.

Aside from the fact that for some of us our computer runs better, there may be nothing. There are some features that I like, such as the Gadget Bar, preview windows, different Start Menu, that may mean nothing to you. I am sure that you can find articles and reviews that describe differences between XP and Vista.

IMHO, if your computer does what you want it to do, stay put. If you like XP but decide to upgrade anyway just for the heck of it, and you run into ANY problems or encounter ANY features that require changes to your established habits you may be back here or elsewhere griping.

I'm not saying this to be mean, belittling or sarcastic. In the end, your satisfaction will depend a great deal on your expectations, about which you are the best judge.

I went Vista on my machine a week ago and i love it. I have a fairly old pc (1.8ghz intel p4, 768mb 133mhz ram, geforce 6200 256mb) but vista runs just as smooth as xp. I had 2 major problems with it; one was that accessing my shared files on another computer required them to type in a password, but i had no password set so i couldnt figure it out then i realized that i overlooked the "password protect shared files" setting in the network config window. Second i couldnt get my network printer to work, but that was fixed by an update after i rebooted. The visual fx dont slow down anything at all and 90% of my programs work and the ones that dont are really old programs that i should have replaced anyway. For me, vista works great. I have to agree though, if xp works perfect for you, there is no need to upgrade. If its not broke, dont fix it.

^^Shodow Copy has been around since XP Sp2, its just more prevalent in Vista. Readyboost is a life saver for me, i only have 2 ram slots in my pc so i need extra juice whnever possible.

dont want to sound stupid but where is the "windows" button you refer to?