text: is it right to upgrade to windows vista beta version right now? i've a 2.99ghz pc with 1 gb ram and a 128 mb video card and windows xp pro. two rules for new operating systems:  1. never, ever, ever use a "beta" version. beta versions still contain all kinds of things that don't work now and will never work later, but microsoft can't be bothered fixing them because they want to find out if anyone notices first.  2. never, ever use the first version. first versions still contain bugs that may or may not get fixed.  stick to an operating system version that has been in use for at least two years -- at least you'll know in advance what the problems are, instead of finding them yourself.