I'm Riding This Thing Til the Wheels Fall Off...

After all is said and done, when we're finished with our "Ooh's" and "Aaah's" we all know that newer doesn't always mean better. The same concept comes with regards to Microsoft Vista -- some of our machines may not even have enough horsepower to merely power up the operating system to get to the login screen. Why deal with all of the hassles of upgrading your hardware to accommodate a measly piece of tras--software? Now you won't have to, at least for the next several years. Preston Gralla and Dave Methvin continue to explain that there are several tweaks and applications that any user can download to keep XP operating smoothly for quite some time (or hopefully long enough so that Vista can work out its kinks!). Their advice goes from attaining security improvements comparable to Vista's built-in features to tweaking XP's settings for faster performance. Take it from them, don't buy that shiny new toy.

via ComputerWorld