Which 64 bit OS ?

What are you using your computer for? And what is your hardware?

if you are making the jump from XP 32-bit to a 64-bit OS, i would personally wait for Win 7...

DX11 video cards are coming out end of 2009, DX11 will be on both Vista and Windows 7 so its a no lose choice. Go 64 bit defintily

4GB is plenty, he doesn't need 6GB for games, not yet. Maybe for Photoshop or something...

windows 7 is alot nicer than vista if you ask me. also why spend money on vista to upgrade to 7 when it comes out. You wont have to wait a year for it to be stable. its the same thing as vista just a little nicer. So buying vista now and upgrading in 8 months is stupid. definatly go with 64bit though. Otherwise you are just flushing money.

I was wondering what people thought of Win7 build 7048 compared to Vista 64 as an OS today.
I installed Win7 as my main OS on my new computer, but some people seem to think that's not a very good idea (being a beta and all).
Should I switch to Vista and wait for Win7? (I'm aware of that Win7 will only run to August, don't take that into account for this question).

Bah, double post.... Could someone PLEASE tell me why I can not edit my own posts?

Random - You can right click the task bar to configure combinations of - Large or small icons, text or no text, or "Text~Until~The~Taskbar~Fills~up~Then~No~Text." The last is what I use.

I do think it takes a little bit to get used to, especially when you keep the taskbar in the traditional spot at the bottom of the monitor. That leaves the icons as little squares and they're kind of hard to read. And re~Sizing the taskbar so the icons are more legible but leaving it on the bottom takes up too much real estate. So by way of experimenting, I moved it to the right side of my primary on my dual monitor setup (so it's in the "middle" ), and with a vertical lineup 'Icon PLus Text" works very well. You can go straight to the app with the peek hot key combo (Alt Tab) and muscle memory. It's a little strange at first to have the bar on the left or right, but on a widescreen monitor it works very very well and leaves more vertical space. Apps were easy to remember, but my "niggle" with that is after a couple decades of the "Start/Windows/Whatever" icon being in the lower left I still find myself looking there.

Also, if you think of your apps in an order (#1, #2, #3, etc), you can use the Windows key plus the number of the app. For example: If Explorer is the second app on the bar, than "Win 2" will switch to it if it's open and launch it if it's not.

Scotteq, I'd rather not try and remember things. I like to be productive, that means I like to do things quickly and without thinking. In Vista I just click, and it's only a problem when I do it so fast that I click the shortcut next to what I want to start. Personally I think the taskbar design that Windows has been using since I started using Windows is better, but that is likely due to a natural hatred of change. I've never had to customise the taskbar significantly before, I don't see why I must do it now. I'm a fan of "it just works," but not the Apple "it just works exactly how we and only we want it to" philosophy.