hmm I have vista 64 on my media PC and xp on this laptop.
what do i honestly think of vista? well i paid 60 for an OEM version, so i dont have to justify a stupidly large outlay.
I think its ok though. If your have a desktop machine with ok specs, it should run just fine. I have a q6600 and 2gb of ram and it is pretty fast.
I think part of the problem is the reputation it built up in the early days, rightly so. The driver issue, specially for vista64 is still pretty hit and miss. Canon, for example, provide scanner drives for some of their scanners, but not all for 64bit! So luckily I have this laptop to scan or 70 quid would be useless...
I think it was released with far too many bugs and driver issues and maybe also a little over the average spec a year ago. I think it will probably get a better reputation over some time though as driver issues become non existent and computer specs increase for the same relative price. I would, however, never ever put it on a laptop as currently (and for the foreseeable) there is just no point.
I find it more like XP+ with its graphical overlay and small changes. I dont think its worth upgrading for, but if you need to get an OEM copy, vista would be the one I would chose
