Originally Posted by kavalier
I don't think it's worth it to "upgrade" to Vista Basic from Windows XP.
That said, Vista is definitely not a disaster. Once I got used to the UAC feature and figured out how to install and patch World of Warcraft and other programs, I have been enjoying my Vista experience.
There are still quite a few software compatibility issues that bug me. For example, I am pretty much unable to use my Adobe video production suite because it simply refuses to work with Vista. I installed Premiere Pro and now I am literally unable to uninstall it no matter how hard I try. Granted, I bought this production suite about 3 years ago, but I know I would not have this problem if I still used XP. Sony Vegas does not "officially support" Vista either, but I'm not sure if it'll have the same severe issues. So if you are looking to do some advanced video editing... you probably want to wait. DivX player/web player also have a few issues (the codec works fine in WMP) so you might have some problems watching videos on the Stage6 website.
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For compatibility issues that don't require hardware acceleration on the video output, there's always the "run XP in a VM" solution. For those that do require 3D acceleration, there's always "run XP as a 2nd boot option". I have a feeling you could be well served by the former if you want to put time into setting up XP in Virtual PC.