Which OS do you prefer and why?

I have an AA1 with XP SP3 and 120G. I have have both Vista and XP on it. I have noticved the following:

XP uses 69% of Ram sitting on an Idle Desktop
Vista uses 77% ram doing the same.
Both have MSN Live Messenger, Skype and Pidgin autoloading with windows. (As well as other stuff)
Vista seems only a little slower when using applications and performing tasks. (This is measured by my experience and "feeling": I.E. read opinion based on experience)
I have turned off UAC and removed all language packs except English from my Vista Install.

What I like about XP:
-The Google Desktop Toolbar (more than vista sidebar, resizing)
-More programs are compatible on install / With Vista I must adjust prioperties of some installers and applications to run with XP compatibility, an annoying additional step.

What I like about Vista:
-I find the Inferface to be much more aesthetical (read: Eyecandy) the Icons, and general "Skin" of the OS is nicer in my opinion.
-I can see every network device on my network. I can see every media player library, every UPNP, every media server, NAS etc..etc..
-With Networking Vista is a Hands Down Winner.

And you are still not convinced... MEDIA CENTER, MEDIA CENTER, and MEDIA CENTER (included in Home Premium and some other Vista Version).. although i wont be recording any TV on it.. i still consider it the BEST front end for Media Player.

I am impressed with the AA1's ability to run Vista, I have Aero enabled and sometime it seems more responsive than my 2.5GHZ-DC/4G Ram Desktop (Acer Aspire AX1200)
Must be the power to weight ratio

 

I have always liked my XP. Haven't tried Linpus Lite on my Acer, so I can't say much about it, but I do like Linux as well. My EeePC had it on it and I did like it a lot.

Since my Acer came with XP I'm keeping it on here, I got it running well so I'm happy. Plus I paid for the license.

Xp for me

 

still loving vista ultimate

 

I'm actually pretty happy with my Linpus; I've got the standard xfce desktop and it's taken me a while to get it how I like it...

That said, I'm now considering converting to Ubuntu or Mandriva because I'm starting to get frustrated with the amount of things I want to install that are built off Fedora 9 or later; since Linpus is built off Fedora 8, these things aren't compatible...Examples: Amazon mp3 downloader, BBC iPlayer, or even the rtmpdump part of get_iplayer...

In general, I'm worried about forward compatibility of the Linpus system, as one of the posters above implied; we are completely dependent on Acer to get updates.

 

mine came with XP, of all of them for me its the best, well i have windows 7 on my desktop and i'm loving it, i wold like to know how is it running it on the one.

 

I'm running XP Home only because the other 5 computers in my house are running XP home. It works fine for what I need it for. The only beef I have with Windows in general is its memory management, Mac is much better in that aspect.

 

Windows 7

I have used Ubuntu. XP, and Vista on my other computers and W7 is the best of the bunch. It's fast, everything works, it looks good, and I especially like the new taskbar.

 

I have xp on my sons desktop.... good for gaming esp older games
I have vista business on my office pc, ok for gaming , some good eye candy
On my AAO I still us Linpus, I have tried xp and ubuntu on it, but have went back to linpus due to its simplicity ..... and because every thing works on it.......

 

I have had problems with Ubuntu and EeeBuntu. I couldn't get wireless working on any of them. A weird thing that I found out - Ubuntu, Eeebuntu and Linpus OS's are slow. :O I really like Windows 7 but I'm going to go for it after the final version is out. Currently I have Windows XP Home SP3 and no problems! Everything works and is fast!

 

Just an update...I took the plunge yesterday and installed Ubuntu. Happy with it so far, including WiFi. It even works after suspend...Possibly something to do with the MILLIONS of updates I downloaded yesterday (took ~6 hours!).

I liked Linpus, but I'm pleased to say that Ubuntu is faster for me; probaby something to do with not having loads of broken packages lying around!

 

My A110X was delivered with a XP Home licese, so I reinstalled a nLite'd XP and like it because I can install additional applications, e.g. my USB DVB software that turns my A110 into a porable TV.