| Well, you're opening up a Pandora's Box by asking if you should upgrade to Vista or keep XP! Everyone has their opinions and I'm sure you'll hear them. Before even considering an upgrade, is your computer powerful enough to run Vista? XP is still being sold and supported by Microsoft, so its not obsolete softwear yet. If its running OK for you and you have no trouble finding software still XP compatible, I'd leave it alone for now. Besides, when Windows 7 comes out, it will have its usual share of new-release bugs like most all new Windows operating systems do. Maybe by then, Vista will be de-bugged to the level XP is now. You would also need a Vista-compatible version of Office if you upgrade to Vista.
I have XP at work, and Vista at home, and I don't see that much difference. I saw more difference between 98SE and XP. Much of the agony of adapting to Vista came from people upgrading existing computers to Vista. New computers designed for Vista seem to generally operate just fine....my two haven't given me any grief -- yet.  |