Vista or XP again? I'll be ripping out the guts anyway

[RonaldoGomez]

I'm soon to be donating my 'old' computer to my family. My XP Pro SP2 licence will go with that computer.

To replace the computer I'll be building something along the lines of this:

Asus P5K Intel P35

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

GeIL GX22GB6400UDC

ECS 8600 GT

Corsair HX 520W

Now - I've been nLiting for ages. Love the program. Big ups nuhi! XP nLited does everything it needs to do for me. I essentially use my computer to listen to music, watch films, surf the Net, email, etc. The most taxing stuff I do is F@H, use ACID/SoundForge and play the odd game.

My question is: Should I buy XP Pro SP2 again or should I make the switch to Vista (& if so which version)?

The way I see it, the pros & cons of getting XP again are:

PROS:

Know it inside out - comfortable working around with it

Slightly cheaper than Vista at this point

nLite has been in development for a long time

Lighter on resources than Vista

Drivers are all there and stable

I have all my apps for XP - don't know if these will work under Vista

CONS:

Not moving forward with technology

I may be missing some functionality that's 'must have'

No DX10 - I'm no big gamer by any stretch but I will have a DX10 capable GFX card

I'll probably have to upgrade to Vista at some point anyway??? - Will I?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.