Re: Vista
I don't think I've ever had a BSD or RSD in Vista, but my machine runs 24/7, and I have reason to believe it has crashed and restarted on its own a couple of times. So far, no real issues with Win7 except the FAFSA website that isn't compatible with it yet.
Newer computers and operating systems do a lot more things behind the scenes to handle issues than they used to. Remember having to set interrupts to keep components from fighting with each other?