I rebuilt my system earlier this year for Vista - It is a compromise between cost and performance, as always. I have an AMD 5600 dual core and 4 gig of RAM, so it is quite fast. I use a 2GB USB drive for 'Readyboost' as well. My graphics card is a nVidia 7600GT, the first PCIe card I have owned.

I am still using early video drivers - 100.64 - after my experience with 158.18 I haven't trusted enough to update these drivers. I blame 158.18, because prior to installing them, everything was fine... after was a different story.

I updated Vue with the first patch while I had the 158.18 video drivers installed and Vue stopped working completely... after I did the system restore, Vue was very unstable and had major problems (along with other programs), hence the clean install.

Call me chicken, but I am still running Vue in its original form - no updates applied. Which is very out of character for me - normally I'm an upgrade junky and usually can't wait to get the latest drivers, patches, fixes etc. But my earlier experiences have taught me to be a bit wary...

I'm sorry to hear that e-on expect us to turn off Aero. I love the look of Vista and despite some issues, am very happy with my Vista experience.