24th May 2008
XP for everyday use is the best OS without challenge, even with the bugs that are still there that MS has failed to address.
I have a dual boot system with
XP SP2 (I'm avoiding some of the things in SP3) and
Vista Ultimate. For the n00bs out there I think that Ultimate is a cool OS just for being n00b friendly overall and it seems like a smooth OS, just won't let me do some of the things I want to do. I use it when I want to watch TV and general surfing.
The best advice I can give anyone is to use what they are comfortable with, but
make sure you use Firefox and set your OPTIONS to clear all data when you close instead of IE7. LOTS of people get their info stolen by unfriendly people because IE7 likes to keep everything in memory. There are ways to stop this happening but the easiest way is to use Firefox.
