Parra Power;2609384 said:....my year-old E6550 2GB Vista PC is, if anything, slower on startup and less responsive than my six-year-old A64+ single-core 256MB Ubuntu old PC.....
Windows "speed" can't be compared to Linux. For the most part, Linux loads up faster(even on older machines...those are what Linux is meant to be used on) and is more responsive than XP so there's no chance for Vista to compete there.
p.s. unless you've got a fairly modern system with more than 3GB RAM...