Anecdotally, Vista to me was absolutely flawless: rock solid in the way 2000 used to be and XP never was, performant thanks to a real 64 bit version (XP 64 was

Anecdotally, Vista to me was absolutely flawless: rock solid in the way 2000 used to be and XP never was, performant thanks to a real 64 bit version (XP 64 was a very ugly hack) and great looking (vs the XP playskool look I could never get used to). The reason was I had a brand new, powerful rig and no legacy hardware.