jnailbell

Hi All!

I'm soon purchasing an HP NC8430 business laptop that comes standard w/ Windows XP.

I have a legal copy of Windows Vista Ultimate both 32 bit and 64 bit.

I plan to upgrade the RAM in the laptop to 4GB and install a 7200 rpm HD.

I have checked HP's support site for this laptop and they appear to have all of the drivers for Vista 64 bit.

I do not use any esoteric hardware so other drivers are not an issue.

I use recent commercially available software for the most part (or open source).

So my question is, is there any reason I should not install Vista 64 bit?

I plan to run a virtual XP box on the laptop for anything that will absolutely not run on Vista.

Just curious.