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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rl'Halsinor" data-source="post: 3636847" data-attributes="member: 19772">Most of the issues have been with driver support.  I know plenty of people who are running both the 32 bit and the 64 bit versions and they love it, but a number of them -- certainly not the majority -- know how to optimize their experience with Vista.If you are a gamer you'll most likely encounter issues with your oldies but goodies, especially with the 64 bit version.  FYI, only the 64 bit version will recognize 4 gigs of RAM or more.  Also, it seems Microsoft may be releasing Service Pack 1 at the end of July, but it might be a beta form.I bought my daughter a laptop with Vista, loaded Office 2003 (and works without a flaw), and instead of utilizing Norton 360 that came in a 30 day trial I went ahead and downloaded Avast! Free anti-virus without issue (Avast! runs on Vista).  Next I'll be loading Superantispyware.  The only thing I have yet to find is a stand-alone firewall, so for now we'll utilize the one that comes with this OS.By the way, after much reading it seems Norton has actually done a good job with 360.  It is nowhere near the system hog previous incarnations are.If you know someone who can build computers I strongly suggest buying your components and have him put them together.  You can buy XP Pro with SP/2 OEM for $140.00.</blockquote>