saathi ho
naya desktop kinna laageko, kune kinne hola XP ki Vista??? found lots of mixed opinion about both... vista being new a lot of problems... tara ahile kine pachi at least couple of years samma chalne kinnu paryo, the future is vista... gharko basic need ko laagi ho.. kun kinda thik hola.. would highly appreciate ur feedback

buy from dell.com /  / the cheapest one there is OK to me.

thanks mahesdai, yes i am planning to buy from dell... but the main question is VISTA or XP??

use vista , there is no any problem on it , just takes muchspace in c:drive thats all . but chance the taste when u use it u will know it as well

Go for Vista..... make sure you have at least 2GB memory. Bare minimum memory required for operating Vista is 1 GB.. therefore, you need to have more than that to be able to cruise with Vista. If possible get Duo Core pentium processor. Do n't go for $hit like Celeron or AMD.

mitra haru, this is what i'm looking at rite now:
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 4DIMMs
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cacheâ„¢
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
all that for $550
what say guys

If you have money purchase XPS 710 H2C. This is the best desktop. You can make server as well.

By the way I support Vista Ultimate and xp professional dual boot OS but if you purchase above pc you can add up redhat as well. You don't have to purchase any other pc  for another five to seven years .