vista is fine.. im running it on 512 RAM, with no problems whatsoever.. the people who go on about how bad it is, how much memory you need, etc, etc, are just plain lying.. ive had it since just after it was released, and its a real good OS.
the way microsoft have managed to make such a big step up in qulity of user interface while still not comprimising much performance has to be respected
are you talking about the not comprimising performance ?
well if so then if you read below i mention about a dual boot with XP and vista and a very simple test they would probably perform the same if not vista slightly ahead.
I dual boot Vista and XP, and Vista does use more RAM. I can't run high texture settings in Vista without it stuttering, but XP runs it fine.
Putting gaming aside, I like to use vista more than I do XP though. The reason why it uses more RAM when you aren't doing much is that Vista buffers some things in the RAM, so the system performs better.