My main computer with Windows 2000 went down last week and I bought a replacement that came with the Home Basic version of Vista on it.

Since I avoided XP for many years (It's ok, but I just didn't like it or NEED it.) I thought that perhaps I should get it and learn to work with it since at some point there will be NO support for Win2k anymore.

It bothered me the way things were different, and I had the user-protection turned on so I have to "approve" many basic operations when installing and using software, but I thought "At least I am protected, even if I am bothered...".

But after I installed Office 2000 and discovered that my Outlook no longer worked (I couldn't send mail and when I opened up old mail, the message did not show up...!), I decided I did NOT have time to put up with such a bad "downgrade" and made a backup of Vista (Note: use good discs because the system only lets you make ONE copy!!!), and installed Win2k again. I am now saving all of the service packs and patches so if I have to do this again and the support it gone I can still get it installed again.

If you have XP, then Vista may be fine for you, but I caution you to look into it closely before purchasing or installing Vista. To me, it was just like XP for the most part and I didn't really see much that was different...

Thanks for the comments. One of my friend also installed it and said that it was good for home users and other things. But as I am a webmaster and a developer I am always in need of 1 browser and 1 notepad

Which I am managing in other windows version.

Moreover I also heard that it was resource intensive. Please let me know. Is it using much more memory then the previous windows versions?

Thanks.

I heard that it uses more resources, but since I have removed it I can't tell you more about it.

I was sort of tempted in purchasing a computer with Windows Vista, but I can't really bring myself to doing so. I mean, lets face it, XP is out and Vista is in. But the thing is, I'm kind of afraid of compatibility issues with programs and such. I'm sure everybody knows that a brand new Operating System always has a ton of bugs/issues to be worked out. When they get past that point, I'll be all for it. :]