[Lankius Maximus]

I built my current rig based on the promise of Vista and Dx10 almost 2 years ago today, even going as far as to purchase my E6600 on the day of release along with the rest of the rig. You can therefore imagine my shock and disapointment when I subsequently started up Battlefield 2 and saw framerates that nearly induced a siezure! XP was installed very quickly afterwards and I didnt look back.

However memory, HD and graphic card upgrades meant I wanted a 64 bit OS and I couldnt see the point of going to XP Pro. Vista 64 duly followed and its brilliant. Apart from the initial install when there was a few issues (arent there always?) It has been very, very stable. Far more stable than XP infact, something I never thought I would say.

Some of the users of XP who have posted on this thread are right. If you dont feel the need to upgrade from XP dont. Its that simple. If you are happy not upgrading even better.

However, dont stop yourself from upgrading simply because you feel obliged due to all the anti MS feelings that are present on a lot of the other lesser forums that exist.

More to the point you could have the basis of a fine 64bit rig sitting under your desk and you are waiting its potential. Congratulations on building a 64 bit rig and running a last gen OS on it. Cant see the logic myself. Its like buying a turbo charged motor only to then go and take the turbo charger out of it for every day use!

Vista 64 has actually breathed a bit of life into my aging rig and probably put me off another complete build for the next 18 months. Could just be the added impetus of 4gigs of RAM but my system has never been quicker or better.