Vista, technical questions

if we believe this test : http://rainrecording.co.uk/vista/performance
Vista fucking outperforms XP. But I don't like to rely on benchmarks found on the internet. But this is true that the graphical interface is now managed by the gpu and so let the processor disponible for other tasks.
I'd like to have thoughts and advices from people (professional or not) about audio in general and Vista.
- Does Vista really manage better multi-cores ?
- What about memory management that has been horrible, until now, XP included ?
- the new sound API, how is it ? Will there be a problem with asio4all ?
- and of course, software compatibility and stability in general, if you regret to have migrated from XP or not.

1. true if you use aero. vista gets more sluggish when you disable aero.
2.i don't know. i guess not.
3. rephrase your question.
4. nothing to write home about.
5. google it.
6. if an older program works on older windows but not vista, you can be pretty sure that the program's company uses shitty practises. installing older programs in vista is the best way to find out which companies have faulty development practises. these are generally the ones that needlessly require an admin account to operate and the ones that rely on bugs found in older windows versions.
7. my computer came with it. it's adequate for me and most people are ignorant idiots.