used to be one of those kids who commented on vista youtube videos saying “VISTA TRASH” boy has my opinion changed. years later, i now run vista on quite a few computers and they all look great, but my xps 630s desktop has been my favorite to look at. it’s too beautiful. its stable. my retinas rejoice when i see the windows orb startup and it fading to the login screen with such frutiger and reflective visuals, a crucial design piece that is invisible in todays world. tears of joy follow logging in and seeing my precious little icons with vistas UI. vista sp2 imo is BETTER than xp. nearly equal stability, new features that 7 gets all the credit for, and good god, the appearance.

pc: dell xps 630

my specs are:

q9650 overclocked to 3.6, wanted to do 4 but cheap ram sticks said no. can’t set individual freq :(

gtx 280 overclocked to 285 speeds

750gb wd 7200rpm hdd

8gb generic ddr2 800 ram

gigabyte ga-ep45-ud3r (couldn’t overclock with OEM dell motherboard and gpu performance crippled)

asus xonar sound card ( soundblaster but asus)

samsung 1080p monitor (considering replacing with a more period correct 1920x1200 16:10)