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.

Any linux will always be better than windows. Yes linux has it downfalls but there are drivers out there for almost all your hardware needs its just you have to go and look for them. And linux isnt build and made for idiots who like things that are all point and click.

But that might just be my thinking on things.