most consumer softwares have no problem with Vista...

my vote goes to Vista, and if possible, Vista 64-bits even if u ve less than 4GB RAM

64-bits is more secured, and is slightly faster than 32-bits... 32-bits programs, including games, have no problem running in it too...

if u re new to Vista, pls give it at least 1 week to settle down before bashing it if there's a need... it usually takes a newly installed Vista a few days to optimize itself to the user's habit of computing...

This post has been edited by astria: Dec 5 2008, 10:49 PM

classic response:

get 2 machines with the same hardware, one with Vista and the other with XP... use them as per normal and dun shut down/restart for at least 3 consecutive days, and see who's more responsive...

is that the Compaq CQ40???

anyway, Home Premium is sufficient for most users...

and as i ve suggested before, get 64-bits if possible... sooner or later we will need to use it anyway...

drivers - definetely

softwares - no for most

think 7 as an optimized Vista...

MS showcased 7 running on a EEE PC... smoothly...

using Vista Ultimate on a Pentium-M 1.6GHz with 1GB RAM and GMA 900

no complains...

for a HTPC (less the HD video part) and Internet machine, no lags...

excluding the graphic (as GMA900 dun support Aero), the lowest score i get in WEI is a decent 3.2 for that kind of hardware...

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Added on December 11, 2008, 10:06 pm

lol, bro, u talking abt me???

in fat, i ve ran Vista on a P4 2.4B GHz with 1.5GB of RAM before as well during the early days... but got some problem with the Catalyst driver back then to work with my X1950GT... a quick check at WEI also show a score of 3.0 for the lowest...

so i believe as long as it's a P4 2.0GHz or more and 1GB RAM, it is okay, although it's not great... for those still better stick with XP...

but if u ve a dual core CPU, i dun see y it can't run Vista smoothly... in my school using Pentium D + 2GB RAM with GMA 3100, also very smooth...

This post has been edited by astria: Dec 11 2008, 10:06 PM

wrong...

98 already overshadows ME...

ME was still based on DOS while 2k is actually NT5.0...

MS attempted to introduce more PnP features into ME, such as thumbdrive... good move, but stability was somehow sacrificed along the way...

it actually BSOD more easily than a 98, which of course was older...

98 was dubbed the most stable OS (for non-business users at least) until XP SP1 came abt...