[gerund]

Found that beta of Vista Sp1 helped reliability of the OS immensely. Be prepared to upgrade ram and possibly power supply to accommodate the increased ram and upgraded video cards needed in running vista. Most people are not aware that you need an extra 7 watts of power supply for every 128 mb of ram you add. Upgraded video cards can add another 25-30 watt of power use.

Gerry

BTW-Both elements 5.0 and 6.0 run well in Vista. Elements 6.0 has better interface and added features. Trial version is available now and would answer your questions.

[jeffg64]

Guys, I have been running Vista about a month after its release, yes there has been issues as like any new OS and for that matter in some cases with any new release of programs. I realize that the OS is the foundation on how a system will perform and run the many applications. With this in mind I built a system that was fully Vista compatible, in fact the system run smoother and faster in Vista than XP, I built the system with a dual boot option as a back up in case I was not happy with Vista, I haven't ran XP in over a year and you couldn't get me to go back to it. I run Adobe's CS3 Pro Suite and multi task apps in the background with no issues, crashes, system freezes, etc. An additional note; I originally installed Vista 32 bit OS and about 6 months ago I obtained from Microsoft the 64 bit version, EVEN faster and more efficient! When it comes to photo manipulation and graphics apps this is the way to go...as a comparison I also have a Mac Pro that I run these same apps on, the PC runs them as fast if not a tad bit faster, 64 bit of coarse.
Moral of the story: You can't place a V8 into a Volkswagon Beetle and expect it to run correctly, they were not built for each other. Same goes for OS and Hardware, Microsoft and Hardware developers work together not against each other, think about it, that's why I have a system that runs flawlessly.
As far as plug-ins; I hadn't ran into any issues as of the current date and I have a lot installed.
Contact me if you are interested in my system configuration.