or if you have 1 gig, besides why would you want a whole new operating system that has little changes from its predicesor, xp has tons and tons of information on the web about how to fix common problems it works well if not best with most of todays software it doesn't use a truck load of resources and its perfect for gaming, what more cold you want? but nooooooo you guys have to dive head over heals for something new and so called "improved" i believe the only benefit from vista is security and if your buying it for security please go take a look at distrowatch.com thy can help you with that.