Quote Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good View Post
What hardware? If it's got drivers for vista you can usually use them with 7 as well.
Quoted for truth. I have run Vista drivers under 7 and they generally work like a charm. There is no real reason to go with Vista. If you have 2 gigs of RAM or less, go with Windows 7 32-bit. If you have 3 gigs of RAM or more, go with Windows 7 64-bit.