okay so first off, Im running vista, but its pretty slow now. Im thinking of maybe getting 7. i dont really want to re format and do a clean install... so if you just upgrade do you lose all your old programs? or option two, i hear a lot of talk of running a "stripped down" version of vista, how do i accomplish this?
secondly, what editing software should I use? iv used vegas in the past. iv got a basic HD video camera (panasonic hdc hs9) im not going to be doing a whole lot of editing, maybe a few longboard edits and ski edits and random stuff.
oh and im only running a laptop. maybe get a desktop once im back at work and outta trade school.
my laptop has 2GB ram and a AMD turion x2 dual coreprocessor. 250GB HD and i have another 250GB external.
I dont know much about vista, or computers, havent had the time to play around with it and research it. so any help would be awesome.