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Windows XP is a line of proprietary operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers.

My present computer has XP Home installed on it. System became unstable at one point due to spyware. My computer tech was, with great patience, able to fix system so that it works, but I'm concerned about life of it because it's almost 5 years old.

I don't normally buy computers with NEW operating systems when they first come out . . . too many bugs still to be resolved.

My question is if I HAVE to get a new computer with the Vista system, will I still be able to use my MS OFFICE SMALL BUSINESS 2000 and FrontPage 2003 with it. Unfortunately Microsoft doesn't understand that there are some of us and I don't mind giving you my age which is 60, who can't afford to continually buy new software or are content with what we've got and want to continue using it. If anyone has had any experience with at least the programs above and Vista, please let me know.

It may be a brave opinion but I predict that Ubuntu Linux and Windows Vista are going to be the two operating systems that will take over the largest chunk of the desktop OS market during the next couple of years. This comparison is based on my experience with both systems during the last couple of weeks on two different computers.

32bit operating systems will run on either 32bit or 64bit computers. They provide addresses that are 32bits wide. 64bit operating systems only run on 64bit processors.