So what is Vista even like?

It's kinda like the move from 98 to XP, everyone says "I'll stick with 98, it's the same thing with a new look" but sure enough people will warm up to it and realize that it's not just a face lift.
 
Maybe 1 in 100 people who claim this to be true can explain why. Even less actually take advantage of it.

Ooooh, it looks neato. It must be good. Like a damn rat with a shiney new find.
 
I keep hearing about Vista DRM but I don't know of anyone who's had trouble with it. Most of it is just related to Blu-ray and HD-DVD playback anyways, and that's going to be cracked no problem.
 
I've got computers with OSX, Vista 64 (Ultimate), XP Pro and Ubuntu (Feisty) and Vista is consistently impressing me and making me a very happy camper. It's not perfect, but then again neither were OSX or XP when first released and neither is Ubuntu. This is the earliest I've ever adopted an OS from MS (or Apple) and I have no complaints. There are some things I'd like to see fixed and I still have issues with a couple third party drivers, but nothing has prevented me from using the computer for gaming, image processing and some memory and processor intensive calculations.

Even with 1gb of RAM it ran the same as XP but with 4gb it flies and can multitask incredibly well. Vista handles the memory so much better, and the built in backup and shadowcopy have already come in handy. The file browser tweaks are also nice.

I haven't tried many 3rd party sidebar gadgets for a while, when I first got Vista a lot of them had RAM leaks so I stuck to the MS tools.
 
Truth. I'd say on average, 2-3 times a week I get up in the morning and there are updates for Linux (I run Ubuntu 7.04).

More updates actually makes me feel better, because they could always be ignoring those bugs.

As for Vista, I used it a little bit, and I have to admit I found it a bit clunky and slow (although this might have been due to the computer, I can't attest as to the specs of it). The eye candy was nice, the redesign of the start menu was nice. Not enough to get me to even remotely consider switching from Linux, but then again, I'm a computer nerd who doesn't play PC games.

Take it as you will.
 
Drivers and compatibility is a major reason not to upgrade. As far as 64 bit OSes go, you might as well just buy everything new - a new MS Office (~$400), new audio and video apps, new cad/cam apps, etc. Since you're building the machine from the ground up, you're already getting new hardware anyway, so it's just a matter of time before the 64 bit drivers come out. You just have to be patient.

Or you could run OSX... But then you're limited to the number of apps. Not that that makes any difference because you're limited by the number of apps. anyway.

We went through this when we changed over from W98SE to NT4.0, W2K and WXP. We end up buying completely new software. Some time in the future, when we go to 128 bit processing, we'll go through it again.
 
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