My experience with Vista32 : If your PC has multiple CPUs (or cores), go for it. Otherwise, you'll need more RAM. If you're upgrading from XP, don't.
The core OS is more stable than XP. The rest is up to your drivers.
No, it doesn't. I am not using Glass and the OS in general is still more responsive and faster to boot than XP.
Rubbish. On any system with multiple CPUs (or cores), or OVER 1gig of RAM, Vista blows XP out of the water. Except for file manipulation, which I still think is broken. Never used XP or Vista to extract from ZIPs, because it sucked in XP to begin with.
It isn't quite as stable as WinXP or OSX, but it is still reasonably stable.
The core OS is more stable than XP. The rest is up to your drivers.
The Aero interface is beautiful, and I think it has a lot to do with improving the performance of the OS.
No, it doesn't. I am not using Glass and the OS in general is still more responsive and faster to boot than XP.
On machines with identical hardware, XP will blow it out of the water speed-wise.
Rubbish. On any system with multiple CPUs (or cores), or OVER 1gig of RAM, Vista blows XP out of the water. Except for file manipulation, which I still think is broken. Never used XP or Vista to extract from ZIPs, because it sucked in XP to begin with.