Originally Posted by Caligula
Vista is currently a disaster. I would not recommend it to anyone. I work technical support for a software company and I have not heard a *single* good thing about it from any of our customers who have it installed. My boss (Network Admin *VERY* knowledgeable about computers) spent over 6 hours working on upgrading his system to Vista.
Your "older" programs (Diablo 2 anyone?) will not work. Windows help files from older versions of Windows aren't compatible. You will have a nightmare installing software. It's a resource hog.
Wait for the service pack. Trust me as much as you can trust an interweb stranger.
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What? I played Diablo 2 on Vista this morning. I have had zero problems installing anything since March. My FPS is identical to what I had on XP.
It's a "resource hog" at first glance, sure..... If you actually know what you're looking at though(and read up on it), you'd know that Vista does all sorts of housekeeping tasks while the system isn't being fully utilized, and will free up the memory/processor time when you need it.
That being said, I wouldn't actually recommend dropping 200 bucks on it (or putting it on a PC more than 2 years old), but calling it a "disaster" is baseless hyperbole.