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McTaggart:
Unless you have a reason to switch to a linux, stick with xp. It's a perfectly good os and is pretty much just gonna work.

iliketodraw:
Keep XP but turn off all the fancy graphical nonsense which soaks up your processor power, either than or run blackbox or something on it.

est:
If you're already running XP wait a fortnight for the official Vista SP1

Unosuke:
I would need some more RAM if i were going to get the most out of Vista, I think I'll go price some.

Kana:
1) XP is fine for now if you're already running it and feel your computer isn't quite up to specs for Vista.

2) Linux while a good OS has no reason whatsoever to be on your machine unless you have a specific need for it other than the people who just want to bash MS and say "I have linux!"

3) Vista is a good OS, but its not very good comparably on a fresh install.  It takes a lot of configuring and patience at first and once you have it set up it will run circles around XP depending on what you're doing.  Generally speaking it will automatically take up half of your total RAM allotment, however one of the things able to be configured is to keep the RAM useage of Vista down at 500mb even if you have a 2-4 gig system.

Side Note: Windows Sidebar is a nice little add on, but currently (and this may be something addressed in the SP coming)  there seems to be a memory leak with it running in a certain way.  So if you leave your computer on all the time without going into sleep mode or anything, be weary of this in case you have the Sidebar on and have customized it a lot.

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