Well, you don't need the aero interface when you are at work.
You can turn off the aero + effects to make Vista fast.
If you want a perfect pretty OS that you need at home, you have to do some tweaks.
XP is a great OS system, but when it first came out, you need to tweak it to
make it fast. Back then, most of the PC can't run XP without upgrade their PC.
So people complained XP and think 98 is better. Few years later, XP rules the world. You can still use 98 or XP these days, but some of the designs gets old. Most importantly, Microsft will stop supports them. Vista requires a lot of computer resource to run Areo and all knids of effects. Once you turn those effects off, You 'll find it's a good OS overall, but everyone wants their OS looks pretty without paying too much to upgrade. That's why Windows 7 start kick in. However, I tested Windows 7 beta on a P4 3.2G machine, and I don't think it can handle 7 beta too well. On the other hand, my Core 2 quad machine handle tweaked Vista like piece of cake. ( With all the effects + movie desktop + VMC + 7 softwares running + 85 background services running without lag. ) So which OS sucks ? P4 sucks !
So, you want a new OS, you need new hardwares. You want to save money, you have to do some tweak.
You want to buy somthing cheap, you need to spend sometime to ebay it or google it.
P.S. You can try to install XP on a P3 machine and see if it still run that fast without tweaking. 
[KAILEE 在 2009-1-10 11:19 PM 作了最後編輯]
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