I can say, for home use, it turns out, Vista is better than the old XP. And why should it not be?

There are couple of things you have to keep in mind though. My new desktop is fast. It has 4GB RAM and a powerful dual processor. Also, the harddrive is 7200 RPM so that helps a lot too.

It has nice features for my home usage. I like the fact that even though I have admin rights, it runs me as a poweruser, so I cannot do any damage accidentally, and more importantly, a program infected with a virus cannot wreck havoc. Time will tell whether this feature works though. For now, I dont mind running programs that need systems access specifically as administrator. Caution: It requires some training and getting used to.

I liked the fact that it arranged all my photos very well. It also offers a very beautiful user interface, better and easier way to search files and contents within files. Programs on your system can also be searched which is easier.

I love the overall user interface, and its pretty fast. I think its important that you have an adequate hardware if you plan to run Vista. Dont run it on a 1GB RAM machine with poor processor. You will probably hate it.

My advise, dont listen to people who said, Vista sucks..It doesn’t. If you are not sure, goto bestbuy or Staples, and take it for a test-drive.
Rating: 5 / 5

Imagine yourself working on a lengthy post for a forum your office uses as a means of communicating with one another, then imagine that in the middle of writing this lengthy post (at which time you’re only running your web browser, and have been sitting on the same page for the past 25 minutes) your screen abruptly goes blue and your computer informs you that it has to shut down, deleting everything you’d just been working on with no advance warning whatsoever. Once again: One program running, sitting on the same web page for almost half an hour, and the operating system STILL manages to trip over itself. Remarkable.

Now imagine that this same phenomenon repeats itself no fewer than 2 times a week.

That’s why I despise this operating system. I hope my boss gives me a raise one of these days, ’cause Macs are awfully expensive, but after this experience I will never, ever, EVER, under any circumstances, buy a PC ever again. Thanks a *&%#$@%W#!@ bundle, Microsoft. You’re a real sweetheart.
Rating: 1 / 5

Do not buy Vista in any of its manifestations. If it came with your system, strip your system immediately, and downgrade to XP.

Rating: 1 / 5