From this Vista, it looks like same old Microsoft

Well done sir.

Just got a new quad core machine. Ported my old copy of XP onto it, from 2003. I'll consider updating to Windows 7 SP1 in around 3 years

The only value of microsoft is its integration of operating system with applications. I'm still waiting on the Linux world.

Linux clarity 2.6.22 #4 SMP Thu May 1 13:41:38 IST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux. The Linux world has arrived ;->

The only benefit for gamers was directX 10 - that turned out to be pointless too as no games properly use it. Other than that, it runs games around 40% slower than XP from my experience.
We aren't allowed it at work either as it doesn't work with our software. Well done MS.

Vista is faster than XP on modern PC's. It even runs fine on small netbook's.

Most of Vistas problems were bad drivers. SP1 fixed most problems.

I have Vista on a very fast gaming computer. I got it for DX10, and it can run Crysis at High with fps=30 so it does very well. But get this - the OS doesn't run the GPU correctly, even with SP1. I have a 8800 GTX Nvidia card, and I love it.

The problem is that it crashes all the time, and I mean full computer death, with nothing working. The problem seems to extend to the OS, because the sound starts an infinite loop every time. I have to reboot.

When it crashes, the screen freezes and jagged white vertical lines cover the screen. Before SP1 it also had diagonal colored lines and crashed more frequently. But the problem still exists. I have diligently updated everything time and again.

Any suggestions?

I have both XP x64 and Ubuntu 8.04 x64 in a dual boot. XP x64 is what Vista should have been, maybe with a bit more massaging (ie Vista's apparently improved security and better default audio subsystem). They should have left DRM out of the OS and let the content providers worry about it.

I frankly don't care what MS does now though, as having Google involved as a contributor to Ubuntu (Linux) development is nothing but good news. Latest Ubuntu (the easiest to use and maintain Linux) still requires a bit too much computer knowledge to appeal to the masses, but that could change relatively soon after another release or 2.

FYI: Both Earth and Picasa (x64) do run better under Ubuntu tho to be perfectly fair, XP x64 is running the 32 bit versions of each.

I have an HP with an Athlon 64x Triple Core and a middle of the road Nvidia card. Never had a single problem with Vista or XP. I can play all my games, and run all my software with no trouble. I guess I just lucked out.

The more features you take advantage of in Vista the more problems you'll encounter.

The majority of MS's business is the corporate and business markets. No one wants to embrace Vista as it's too fidgety for end users. The additional security would have been great but the constant prompting it employs prevents the OS from being easily platformed by itself.

... Vista is slower and less compatible...

As is the author's brain.
Seriously... why so many retards keep bashing Vista without even having tried it? Some bright light above claimed it's 40% slower... lol.

Vista is better than XP in every way except price. Even on older computers, non-aero Vista works better than XP.

Vista often freezes up when using IE or office 2007. This occurs when performing the most basic tasks. This did not happen with XP. I sit and think during these freeze ups, "This one of the leading companies in the world, how can they get it wrong?". I wish for Google to create an OS. I am happy with Google Chrome.

As is the author's brain.
Seriously... why so many retards keep bashing Vista without even having tried it? Some bright light above claimed it's 40% slower... lol.

Vista is better than XP in every way except price. Even on older computers, non-aero Vista works better than XP.

That's just not true. If vista was better in every way it wouldn't have received as many hotfixes in the fist month as XP received in the first fiscal quarter. That's an apples to apples comparison in terms of stability.

Vista often freezes up when using IE or office 2007. This occurs when performing the most basic tasks. This did not happen with XP. I sit and think during these freeze ups, "This one of the leading companies in the world, how can they get it wrong?". I wish for Google to create an OS. I am happy with Google Chrome.

I like Google Chrome however, there are a lot of things about it, like scalability, that are rather lacking. As for the Vista freeze ups, that's more an issue with office as the same freeze ups occur in XP. There's just less overhead in XP creating less context switching, which is where you'll typically see the long pauses in action from programs.