Thinking about building another desktop to try it out.
Put vista on the wife's desktop, which is identical to mine but doesn't have the same Video Card.
Vista had issues with the video card, DVD reader and CD burner. And I don't remember why but the cool Aero Glass feature wouldn't work either. So I wiped it and re-installed XP.
Windows 7 has come and gone.
If you look at the min reqs for 8, they're ridiculously low but there is no way I'd try it unless ALL my hardware devices are on the compatibility list- highly unlikely but I haven't looked it up.
After the vista debacle, it makes sense to me to either update your hardware, or start from scratch.
You're left with one choice: Which would be the most fun :)