HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


I really could not figure out what the advantage of Vista was, even if
it was running correctly and didn't use more memory than WinXP. It
looks to me that the security upgrades in Vista are available via XP
updates.



The real answer is, you simply don't know and apparently are satisifed
with not knowing.

One answer: VISTA addresses more memory than XP. Even the 32-bit version
of VISTA address more memory than XP.

There are other reasons.

That seems to be one of the problems people are having with Vista and
resulting in Vista crashing more often than their Win XP system.
Especially those who run memory demanding software, such as games.
"Appropriately, the difference in address space usage was the reason
that Supreme Commander would not crash under XP like it would under Vista"

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=3044

Since the two oldest don't live at home, we don't use my computer for
games. I use Office 2003, and don't plan on upgrading anytime soon. I
don't have any problems with my current system running all of my
programs, and never have a problem with the system crashing, but I have
an old habit of reboot every morning. I am not sure if I really need to
do this, but I just do.

I am glad Vista works great for you and JimH, but it is easy to
understand why large users of Windows, serviced by IT professionals,
have not converted over. It also explains why Microsoft, for the first
time ever, is making it very easy for people to purchase an outdated
version of Windows, or even get a free downgrade to an older version of
windows after purchasing Vista.

As you said, I am not a "Vista Geek", most of us are not "Vista Geeks",
and most of us don't want to be a "Vista Geek", all we want is to use
our computers without any problems.