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However, it’s notable that Dell is again offering Windows XP for sale with certain systems as a result of customer demand. Windows Vista does have its charms, though—the Aero Glass interface is indisputably beautiful to look at. and Vista will probably become the most mainstream path to 64-bit computing. (You can. indeed, get 64-bit versions of Vista now. but unless signed 64-bit drivers are available for all of your hardware and all of your software, including installers, is either 32- or 64-bit. the 64-bit version of Vista won’t help you much today.)

The other tools allow Windows applications to run alongside Mac applications. On the PC side, the choice of Windows XP and Windows Vista also figures into the equation. We are not yet comfortable recommending Windows Vista at this point, but Microsoft is working more kinks out of that operating system every day.