vista 64 bit edition is a fully functional 64 bit os, i don't think W7 changed that.

If you're using photoshop, much ram helps, so 64 bit is the only way.

Linux games are fucking sweet

Everyone, right now. Go to www.wesnoth.org/

It's an open source turn based strategy game for Linux, Mac and Windows

You can create new units, factions, maps, scenarios, campaigns, you can write your own AI, or even change the code of the game itself

Speaking of gaming on Vista, it doesn't suck at all. My Final Fantasy XI game runs perfectly on it. No lag whatsoever, but only in crowded areas in the game such as in Al'Zabi where it should lag for all three platforms (PS2/PS3 if you have 60GB, Windows and X360). I have never had any problems with the game and it runs just as fine on it. The only thing I remember is that the game ran like shit on my XP Media Center Edition 2005 laptop (the first one I had; I'm on my third laptop because my second laptop was destroyed in a car wreck this past summer). And honestly, I'm glad I'm off XP. I hated that OS so much because I had a hell of a time trying to update my drivers. Vista is much easier to do driver updates, in my opinion.

Looks clunky to me. Definitely a step in the right direction, but it lacks finesse. Example: their version of Expose is quite telling: OSX Expose makes windows disappear, Windows 7 version of expose makes them transparent which results in distracting outlines all over the desktop. I'm really liking what they are doing with the taskbar tho - their current implementation is horrendous and the new functionality they are building into it looks interesting.

This preview however means all that people sticking with XP won't switch - who's gonna pay the money for Vista knowing in 18 month's they'll have something like Windows 7 available?. They better promise a rather cheap upgrade fee from Vista to Windows 7, else Microsoft's sales team will cry bitter tears this year.

Oh yeaaahh...I remember playing that one for a little bit.  I'll have to install it again.

XP 64 is a dead end with limited 3rd party support.

Vista really is the best option for gaming, despite what Apple ads may tell you.

Riiiiight...because we rely on Mac ads for our opinions of Vista....I like Mac just about as much as I like Vista...>.>

I don't like it because I used it for six months. Not because I go and blindly say "Vista sucks!" without having tried it in the first place. I suppose the RAM limit may be a problem in the future, but three gigs is just fine for the moment, and by the time more is needed, well, I guess we can hope that windows 7 is all it's cracked up to be.

I fully agree, but I paid $64.95 for Windows Vista Ultimate w/SP1 64-bit from Microsoft's "The Ultimate Steal," but if need be, Microsoft should try to have the price lowered for users who have Vista already.

Still looks worse than OSX - by a long shot. This should really be free - its basically fixes/tweaks to Vista, which IMO is a disaster. Its personally cost my father thousands of dollars, and 100+ hrs of his time. I did warn him...

LOL at the floating widgets - its Linux from 20 years ago!

how about something like this

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