Re: Switch to Vista or stick with XP?

I would suggest you stick with xp. As it is vista is only glossy and good on the face and doesn't offer much in terms of performance. Also most of ms products are usually flawed until their service packs come out. Same was the case with XP when it was launched. Use XP for sometime and get SP3 which would be released ANYTIME now. Also all the nice looking stuff you see in vista can be found in XP too and you can use softwares like Vista Transformation Pack or Universal Vista Inspirat Brico pack for the glossy effect and the side icons menu.

Only advantage in vista would be its turbo boost ability which is actually of not much use as USB transfer speed is max 2 mbps.