here is a brief (hopefully) not to geek explanation on 7 vs vista
1. vista prefetch sucked. it would use all your ram, when you needed it vista would maybe let you use some
7 does what XP did I don't care if the ram is used or not. vista would idle at 6.5gb of ram usage 7 idles at 2.5gb
2. boot speed : vista sp2 would boot in 25sec 7 boots in 16sec ( this is an upgrade install as well )
3. redone task bar it is more object oriented and less cluttered with stupid notifications
4. xp mode so you have a program that won't work? well I have ultimate which includes xp mode. so If I need office 97(lol) I can run it in a xp VM
1. vista prefetch sucked. it would use all your ram, when you needed it vista would maybe let you use some
7 does what XP did I don't care if the ram is used or not. vista would idle at 6.5gb of ram usage 7 idles at 2.5gb
2. boot speed : vista sp2 would boot in 25sec 7 boots in 16sec ( this is an upgrade install as well )
3. redone task bar it is more object oriented and less cluttered with stupid notifications
4. xp mode so you have a program that won't work? well I have ultimate which includes xp mode. so If I need office 97(lol) I can run it in a xp VM