What all these XP users don't realise is that Windows 7 is basically going to be a repackaged vista. They are not going to even rewrite the kernal so if your a vista user now then it's a big plus.
As you mention vista runs equal to XP 'if' you have the hardware for it to do so. 2GB of RAM has to be a minimum here as well as a decent chip. Perhaps they'll work on this for the next os release but I guess we will have to wait and see..

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