i will say 7 is extremely nice.

but as to the vista vs xp.

each version of xp i have ever used on my desktop, laptop, 32 or 64 bit has always given me crashing issues. upgraded all my comps to vista, 32 and 64 dependin on the comp and everything has run alot smoother, no crash's etc.

im not the guy to go into settings and mess around with this and that to cause this either. So i dunno what it is. Guess vista just works for some, but not for most