And Win2k was even faster but Microsoft just killed that one.
I used Win2k for a long time after XP came out, too, because of the lower processing overhead. After I upgraded to a better machine, though, I went to XP because it’s more graphics and media friendly. I tried Vista for about 2 months before I went back to XP but Windows7 seems to be Vista fixed. I’ve been running it for about 8 months and I have no complaints.