Just this morning, I read about a comparison of XP, Vista, and Windows 7, tried on both a desktop and a laptop for several factors, made by a Finnish IT magazine. According to it, both Win 7 and XP beat Vista hands down.
So, I think I'm going to skip Vista altogether, if possible, and hope to get my next computer with Win 7.
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People, you and me, are not trusted. The right doesn't like us because we don't do what we're told by our betters, and the left doesn't like us because it secretly thinks we would be on the right given half a chance and a lottery win. And both think we should not make our own decisions, because we might make the wrong ones. ~
Terry Pratchett