i did not like vista when i first got stuck with it.

it is more difficult to get rid of the "free" crap.

it is more difficult to get to places without 2 or 3 requests of do you want to do this? do your really want to do this? do you really really want to do this?

getting permissions squared away is difficult.

i use eudora. real eudora has problems in vista. one cannot access attachments directly.

this is because vista does not want to store any data in the programs folder.

i cannot keep my screen resolution each time i reboot

a lot of tools have been revised, renamed, and placed elsewhere. some are very hard to find.

wireless networking with a couple 3 routers is not as easy as xp
vista is much more stable than xp.

i let it run for weeks at a time

it is much faster than xp. either because of the new processor, or the fact that it addresses 3g of memory better than xp did.

i think it overall a better system than xp, and would recommend to anyone with a stand alone