[William Taylor]

Ok to start off with I would tell you that Vista is no longer an issue, yes when it first came out it was the black sheep of OS’s that no one wanted to talk to but I personally believe that that after SP1 Vista was at the level of XP.

Secondly Windows 7 is going to be awesome as long as they don’t drop the ball which I’m guessing they won’t because this is like their last chance before people swear off microsoft all together.

I myself hesitaed to install Vista as I saw all the problems that it was riddled with when it first came out. I work for Geek Squad so I see just about every kind of problem that many people run into. However I reccomend it to family, friends, and customers because I know that the OS works as it is the only one I use other than Windows 7 (Beta).

FYI, Windows 7 is a Vista redo. They did some tweaks and changed it up a bit because no one wants to hear the words “Windows Vista” nobody trusts it. The are basically rebranding Vista because no one will give it a second chance.

To make a long post short I say get that i7, I myself have been using it along with Vegas Pro and Vista x64 and I can render video like it’s no ones business.

And I wouldn’t wait for Windows 7, chances are that it won’t come out till 2010 because many things are riding on this release and share holders would defintly freak if this one flopped. Allthough no OS is perfect, thus the importance of updating your computer.

I hope that gave you some insight

_WJT_