Use: Firefox or Opera
I don't know how you guys have so much trouble with Windows.
I had been running XP for years, very few problems. I have been running VISTA, up until about a week ago (total of approx. 2 years), and had virtually no problems, however it did "seem" a little slugish. Now I am running Windows Seven (Beta 7000), and it flys, is as smooth as ever and blows that over-priced, proprietary, resource hog Mac OS out of the water.
You guys must be getting spy-ware, bad drivers, or something.....
-Run defrag regularly
-Use anti spyware programs
-Watch out for bad websites (i.e.pRONography sites etc...)
-Use something called: WOT "web of trust" with Firefox when you get it.