I am a linux user but i decided to try vista just to give it a chance. I tried it on 3 computers since i get it for free, i had missing drivers on all systems, i couldnt use aero and a few applications on two of the machines, it crashed many times and was quite slow. In a few years on a high end machine it could be good but throw in all the drm crap, backdoors and everything else Microsoft have put in it i would rather stick to linux. For games stick to xp, or linux if its available.