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And don't say Windows XP is bad now. It's a good OS, just starting to age on now
Yup, very true.
It is showing its age, and XP was bad when it was first released (for compatibility, reliability, etc.), but after SP-2 it was even more stable than Windows 2000 was with its multiple service packs.
Vista isn't bad in the sense that its unreliable or has compatibility issues (compatibility is much better now). It's bad because of its bloat, marketing, licensing, and general acceptance among the PC world. Although XP was just as bad when it was first released, it's acceptance and approval ratings (ie: market saturation) were much higher.
I'm a little biased to my love for Windows 7 since it lets me skip Vista and is actually as fast as XP with many things, and will be even faster when video drivers and DirectX 11 adoption/usage mature with it over time.