XP or Vista??

Answer 1

vista is a new operating system, so it must has some bugs, If you want to upgrade, then wait a while till the service pack is available then the bugs would be fixed.
I have Vista as a second operating system on my computer. I really liked the new graphic shiny stuff, but this reduce the performance of your machine, it really needs a powerful computer!
If you ask me why I wont use Vista as my first operating system I will tell you why:
1-It slows my machine.
2- some softwares didn't work in it like Adobe reader 8, which is a bad sign that other programs might not work either.
3- Vista needs longer time to start and to shut down than XP.
4- I don't need the HIGH level of security that Vista offer, may be if am using my computer as a server I would think about it, anyway, any anti virus would do the job.
5- You don't need to install drivers, Vista will do it. But it didn't recognize my new HP printer, which doesn't have a Vista CD to install its driver, so you might need to go check the web for drivers that vista doesn't support.

The things I liked about Vista is the new Aero look and the Chess game :D
In my opinion it doesn't deserve that high price.

Answer 2

For now, I suggest that you stick with the XP first.
Seem that because Vista just unveils not even 3 months, there's might be some bug or patch needs to be fixes by Microsoft.
Also running Windows Vista, I heard that requires a lot of memory and average Video Card memory.

Answer 3

Depends on what you want to do with your PC, and what hardware is in your computer. I use Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, and I don't regret updating from XP one bit. Enjoy!

Answer 4

Go here http://www.maximumpc.com/2007/01/10_reasons_you.html and read this column.