UBUNTU for absolute sure!!!
bit of a learning curve but it its totally free, tons of support from people who actually use is at linuxquestions.org
you can find a program to match any windows application with basically little effort...
also, try downloading the web browser, "Opera"...very cool...mouse gestures and a speed dial home page...check it out......

UBUNTU for absolute sure!!!
bit of a learning curve but it its totally free, tons of support from people who actually use is at linuxquestions.org
you can find a program to match any windows application with basically little effort...
also, try downloading the web browser, "Opera"...very cool...mouse gestures and a speed dial home page...check it out...

Wouldn't recommend vista at all. It slows down your system, anything else will do :D...

Wouldn't recommend vista at all. It slows down your system, anything else will do :D10 reasons not to get vista:

1. You don't actually need it -- No, think about this. Vista doesn't do anything you can't already do with XP. About the only significant shift requiring Vista is DirextX10, but as no titles support it yet and, according to John Carmack (the godfather of modern gaming) there's no need to yet either.

2. Cost $$ -- It's so blindingly obvious, most people will be blinded to it. You already have XP, and alternatives like Linux are free. If you really want to throw money away, go give it to a local charity.

3. On that note, it's outrageously overpriced -- at least in Australia. As revealed in the current APC, even after taking into account the profit margin Microsoft Australia previously applied to XP (as well as exchange rates, as you would expect), Australians are paying hundreds of dollars more for their copies than in the US. In fact, it's cheaper for Australians to buy Vista direct by mail order from the States. If you think Microsoft Australia is reaming us, vote with your wallet.

4. Upgrading hardware -- XP was demanding at release, but Vista more so. If you have an older machine that struggles with XP at the best of times, Vista is out of your ballpark unless you spend even more money to upgrade. If this is you, see point 1.

5. Driver support -- Key hardware like video and sound is crippled at the moment -- while Nvidia is working furiously to get a stable driver for the 8800 out by the 30th, there's still no SLI support for any of the Nvidia range. And thanks to the removal of hardware accelerated 3D sound in Vista, Creative's popular DirectSound based EAX no longer works at all, muting this feature for just about all gaming titles on the market today.....

Whole article here:
http://apcmag.com.au/10_reason...

My policy is if it aint broke then dont fix it but if you must.....go with Ubuntu

Ubuntu is free...cant beat free

Vista has higher hardware requirements and chances are that your laptop was designed to run on XP...in order to run Vista it may need a RAM upgrade (...

My policy is if it aint broke then dont fix it but if you must.....go with Ubuntu

Ubuntu is free...cant beat free

Vista has higher hardware requirements and chances are that your laptop was designed to run on XP...in order to run Vista it may need a RAM upgrade (and if not its prob at the bare min for what is required and would run much much better with more)