lol to be honest i prefer windows 98 but i still use XP and vista xD and its not that i hate vista cuz its slow since i got a brand new computer last week so it should be fast its considerably fasteri can run 2 virtual machines at once using a AMD Turion RM-75 at 2.20GHz. with 4gb of ram. and it doesnt slow it down which i cant say same for windows98 & xp macs their okay ive used them once or trwice in my life time its like using Ubuntu/Linux. and linux isnt half bad uses less resources so its faster. preloaded withe verything you need but what Linux&Macs lack is games since they arent too popular with the public so its understandable that people dont make games for them. overall all OS's have their ups and downs.vista for some is lag or shitty interface. Linux not being able to play games and use windows programs and Macs well idk havent used it too much to say.