Vista is awsome. People completely overexaggerate the problems with Vista....most of them probably haven't ever used it. Even slowest Celeron computers can run vista basic fine. Midrange to high end computers run Home Premo/Ultimate without a hitch. Vista has so many improved features that it is essential for anyone - especially someone who isn't upgrading but rather purchasing a new OS. Trust me, you will be much happier with Vista. DX10 Gaming - Vista is an obvious necessity. Even if you won't use DX10 immediately, Vista's improved features are excellent. I have been using it since Beta 2 and all my drivers and programs work fine. Only progs that don't work are really really old ones from 9x era, and even then you can run them in compatibility mode and they work about 80% of the time. Highly recommend Vista.