Well, I would suggest that you simply wait and buy a new machine with Vista pre-installed already. I have advised my clients to hold off on upgrading their old machines for Vista, as it makes no sense what so ever! One of the reasons for this is simple: A new entry level Vista Machine can be bought for as little as 400.00, with a mid-level Vista Machine costing around 800.00 and a true-performance-driven-Vista-Ultimate-Machine setting you back $3,000 - $5,000! When you purchase a newly designed Vista machine, everything will be set-up to operate properly with the correct drivers, motherboard, cpu, memory and graphic cards matched for optimal Vista performance.
Every component installed on your machine, every device plugged into your machine, and every piece of software running on your machine has to be designed for Windows Vista or you will see lower performance than you do with Windows XP installed on it. This is why there has been some talk recently about Vista's performance. I can tell you straight-up "DO NOT INSTALL WINDOWS VISTA ON YOUR CURRENT MACHINE UNLESS IT PASSES THE MICROSOFT VISTA ADVISOR WITH FLYING COLORS!" Maybe do a little research on your: internal parts, hardware, software, devices and gadgets for Vista issues. And even then, I would still take a long hard pause.
Too many users have tried this only to find that they have spent far more money swapping parts and troubleshooting, only to end up with a slower performing machine!
As a system builder, I can tell you that this performance issue is the casue of incompatible components and/or software installed on the machine. This is the cause EVERYTIME you encounter this with Vista.
With that said, once you have your new Vista machine up and running, there are still many things we can help you to optimize Windows Vista to run at its best. Contrary to what you may have herd about Vista not working with other software vendors, I can tell you that Vista makes it easier than ever to tweak & customize Vista to your taste. You can even build your own little applications called gadgets or widgets. They install into your desktop sidebar to help manage your tasks, while adding some fun to your computing life. All this and so much more is awaiting your Vista vise.
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