babum wroteyasamoka wroteXP doesn't even support DX10 or DX11, Vista is a resrouce hog and an epic fail of an OS, and Windows 7 is what Vista should have been. All support OpenGL, which Linux uses natively and specifically. Go Windows 7, of course.
sadly in order to run any dx10 game you need a supercomputer, as in the case of FSX and Crysis, both major fails. But I do agree that XP has its days counted and going back to it could be a problem in the mid-term
A supercomputer? As a matter of fact, many games run better in dx10 mode than in dx9 mode, and with better graphics too. Crysis is demanding, yes, but in both dx9 and dx10 modes. FSX is just a piece of crap. DX10 support was patched in patchily. It wasn't built for DX10.
Both major fails? What do you mean?
XP offers no more advantages since Windows 7 was released. none. Heck I even have my netbooks running Windows 7.