HAHA funny story about OS's.
I got my Compaq laptop back in September and had little to no issues with vista despite rumors that it was a pain. Around Thanksgiving an error message appeared on my screen when it started up saying that a startup file had been erased and then it would shut down. So I used my grandfathers recovery disc to restore vista but a few days later it went down again. I then preceded to order Windows 7 as they were offering it free to those whom purchased vista within a certain time. During that time I was able to get another recovery disc to restore it again but didn't use it for a week so that it stayed intact until 7 arrived. Got home two nights ago to find it sitting on my porch and happily spent 2 hours installing it on my computer with no problem. Wake up the next morning and used it several times during the day and soon fell in love with it as it ran faster than Vista. Start it up later in the afternoon and it goes into an endless cycle of entering into startup repair, searches for problems, finds none, and then does it again. Get on the phone with HP and he had me run some tests in the BIO and deducts that my harddrive or motherboard are fried. Now I have to send it out for repair, and just
days before I go on vacation and build season start. Just my luck!
But I really like Windows7
But I might go to a mac down the road as my cousin has had his for several years with no problems and it runs so much faster than my computer.