Remember, too, when XP was released they suggested a min of 128Mb memory?
I'm using 1Gb with XP. If they recommend 512Mb as a minimum with Vista, based on past performance, you'd have to guess that it's going to take at least 4Gb to run effectively.
BTW what Office 2007 gets you with the docx format is files that take half the space, plus a whole load more/better graphics formatting capabilities.
And there is an
Office 2007 compatibility pack from Microsoft for Office XP/2003 users, so they can read your docx/xlsx/pptx documents.
It's not my fault I'm ahead of the curve on the new applications.
But I'm still waiting for Vista to settle down - and I'm sure I'll need a whole new laptop,, this one maxes out at 1Gb and video memory lives out of a tiny corner of that, so no funky aero graphics.