| I used Vista for around 6 months. While it ran everything great, gaming still wasn't as good as XP. Now the security features and all that mess can be tinkered with or turned off.
Counter-Strike Source did NOT run nearly as well as it does on XP. Especially if you have to alt-tab. If I ever received an IM or something that would minimize the game. When I'd come back I'd get 20-30 fewer frames. Which was frustrating so I would have to restart.
If you can get a copy of Vista for free, or very cheap I would say jump on it anyway. Just wait to upgrade or buy a small spare hard drive for it and try it out.
I made a Norton Ghost Image of my XP install, incase I didn't like Vista I could always just restore it back with all my old settings intact. Which worked out awesome.
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