I have been on a Vista PC before, but not enough to really get a feel for it.

I hear all the time that it is isn't that great and full of bugs, but it has come a long way hasn't it?

It's not as bad as they say?

It's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I've been using it for 6 months and after 2 service packs I'd say it's as solid as XP ever was. It's still a resource hog though.

I agree that it's not that bad, but it's still bad - compared to XP.

I see, would it be best to wait until Windows 7 comes out to get a new PC?
Or I could just get an XP one but I'd like to have something a little more up to date since I will have it for a long time.

If you buy a PC with Vista now you get a free upgrade to 7 when it launches.

I noticed that, I figure that's what I would do. I just heard problems about people updating from XP -> Vista on the same PC and having problems. Although if yo u have the right specs and everything it should be fine since it won't be a HUGE change.

The problem with the XP --> Vista transition is Vista uses (going by my system) 3x the RAM while doing nothing as opposed to XP, and it also requires a decent graphics card to support Aero.

Vista --> 7 shouldn't be as painful because apparently 7 is less of a burden on systems.

It's never had a lot of "bugs." It's slower than XP, and it always has been. At one time it had compatibility issues, but that was fixed a long time ago.

Other than that, it's superior to XP.

Once again, it's slower. Everything else is much better, and it's damn near required for modern gaming.

Windows 7 fixes the slower part. Also adds a lot of cool stuff. I made a thread about it. 7 is a million times better than XP in virtually every way, and it's time for people to stop trying to convince themselves that XP is fine for them.

You know when XP is fine?

When you run a netbook and call it a computer.

@tedsteriscool

Your sig is obscene.

I would think it would be incredibly difficult to build a non-Vista/Windows 7 compliant PC right now.  When I built my PC in January, almost every PC part would work with Vista (and if Microsoft isn't lying Windows 7 too).

there is something worse than slow?

man it cannot run well on 1gb DDR2 667mhz machine with a core 2 duo 1.73ghz

open a browser , word, wlm and you find one of them under a white screen that u can do anything not responding