Looking to buy a new laptop. Vista Home Premium or XP Pro?

[daizone88]

Thinking about buying a thinkpad which comes with a Quadro FX 570M GPU. I was wondering what people would recommend in regards to OS. I plan to dual boot with Ubuntu as well. This laptop is not for gaming, but more CAD, PS, etc.

 

[Noema]

I'd check compatibility with software and devices...and if and only if everything is compatible, I'd say go with Vista (of course, provided the laptop has at least 2GB of RAM) due to the increased security and performance. Ubuntu will add Vista to the GRUB bootloader just fine, by the way.