E.Z. Flyer
The Vista is 64 bit. No raid on this system because as mentioned before in my case it was data security I was after.
I will occasionally look at Vista on the system and see whether updates improve its performance. As you allude to I suspect that I will have to improve on the hardware I currently use before Vista becomes efficient. (This system is based on a 2.20 gig AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core + 2 gig of ram)
Regards
Exeng