Vista vs. Linux - Which is REALLY better?

I'm sick of this "just get more ram!" bullshit. My 286 did almost as much functionality-wise as my current multi-ghz machine. Yeah, really. Sure, there was no multi-tasking, but I did the mostly the same things as I do today.
Hello, fuckers, just because you can eat ram doesn't mean you should. It costs money and also reduces the number of programs you can run.
I can see it now: in another ten years programs will have minimum footprint of 1GB, but they'll just do more of the same.

My only issue with Linux is that it hates my Radeon video card and my Broadcom wireless adapter.  Therefore, my laptop is barely functional with Linux on it.  Otherwise, it would be my main OS.  If I want to play games, I'll just dual-boot XP.