Originally posted by Deokoria
Again, Vista isn't as great as it could be, but it's not a bad decision to invest in it now. The waiting game for a stable version of 7 is fine if you want to wait 1.5 years - and that's even if the initial release is just 6 months down the line. That is one thing that I will agree with the crowd about on MS - it does normally take them about a year to come out with all the patches and whatnot to calm a new OS down. That's where Vista is today - WAY better than it was when first released.
Right on. I had both my PC's crash in September of last year (and my phone, but thats beside the point). For my laptop i just wiped it and reinstalled xp. For the desktop I went with a new build and got Vista Ultimate. I worried over it for a long time after I pulled the trigger and went to Vista because I really wanted to wait for windows 7. But, as you said, it takes a while for MS to bring its new products up to speed so after considering that I think I made a great choice and Vista runs like a champ. With the new build, it runs flawlessly and efficiently for what i need it for. Vista isn't for upgrades or old PC's but for a machine that can handle it its great.