Slow?  Well, SP, if that's the case there's no sign of it so far.  Though I would say that wouldn't I.

The overriding issue for me is the Vista OS a hostile operating environment for 3rd party stuff.  So far it has proved to be; I tried Opera and Firefox and both kept stalling, error reports, load error pop-ups, etc, etc, etc, etc.  So I kept going with IE7&8 even though I know IE is cack security-wise.

Since installing SeaMonkey, firewall, antivirus, antispyware haven't filed any threats/quarantines in their respective history logs.  With IE there'd be threats/quarantines logged every time I browsed.

I was reading a new review on the different browsers the other day and it basically said Seamonkey was Firefox 2 with loads of extensions slowing it down ?

IE7 user here and not adventurous with other browsers these days. It's neither too fast nor too slow! Familiarity breeding contentment (or should that be stick-in-the-mud stubborness)?
 
And happy with my customized vista system; fine-tuned and ticking over just nicely.
 
 

I'm trying out the new Chrome 6 at the minute and quite impressed by its speed too.  They've tweaked the menu slightly and added a PDF reader

Trying out Firefox 4 now its on Beta 6.  Had to use another theme to get rid of the Windows Title Bar though so they've still not got that sorted for XP  -

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Because it uses DX10 for GPU acceleration while FF & Chrome are using OpenGL, I believe anyway.

I've come across at least two new games that will only work on Vista/Win7.  It does seem strange that software houses are starting to shun XP while its still supported till 2015

I've come across at least two new games that will only work on Vista/Win7.  It does seem strange that software houses are starting to shun XP while its still supported till 2015

Ever get that feeling that somebody wants you to upgrade your software and hardware and spend money in the process on a yearly basis? You can buy a 200-300 quid new graphics card today and in 6 months it's worth half that. Computer hardware is like mobile phones... you can buy the latest phone today for mega-bucks and a new and better one will come out tomorrow. 

Does anyone have any plans to ditch windows once XP bites the dust?

Windows 7 is OK but you get the feeling that they do not want you 'under the bonnet' you feel very locked out....

Yes they seem to be making the new operating systems PEBKAC safe but you can get around all that stuff.

I am seriously considering going back to LINUX.

Ah never, I'd rather have a tooth pulled out

I prefer using both - but ive had a lot of problems with windows 7 freezing..

Have you checked the event log to see whats causing that. You're system does have more than 1GB of ram doesn't it ?