Originally Posted by
jason8612
But Vista is horrible, at least for my laptop. Slow, using a lot of resources...
Do some googling about optimizing vista. By turning off lots of services, all the silly transitions & special effects, AERO etc. you may find Vista runs fine.
Here's one site I found in about ten seconds:
http://tweakhound.com/vista/tweakguide/index.htm
If that doesn't help, then consider the OS downgrade.