“How many milli-seconds can you use it before the error message pops up and it locks up?”
I still am running the same install of Windows Vista that I started with in 2008.
From power button press to usable desktop = 21 seconds
Last reboot - almost 3 months ago.
Last Virus infection - never
Currently running in memory - 5 IE sessions, 1 Excel 2010, 1 Access 2010, 1 session of Visio, 1 session of Mini Ninjas and 1 COD4.
Home built Intel Q6600 quad core, 4 gig of ram, GeForce 8800 GTI video card. It was a hefty PC when I built it but not crazy specs. Thing is I watch where I browse and don’t continually screw with it and install crapware.
However, I have had to fix pc’s with more tool bars in IE than browser space so I know they get crapped up. As with anything YMMV and to each his own.
Its appalling how many people acquiesce to invasive toolbars. They are oblivious to them. No wonder so many entities try to insert them. I removed one yesterday