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Hi Ruchir 9897!

I am still a votary for XP SP2 non-.NET version but because of the following reasons:-
1) Not just because it covers the most apps (even though it is true)
2) Not just because it is 32bit (even though it is true)
3) Not because I do not do much gaming (even though it is true)
4) Not because SP2 has higher mkt share than SP1 or SP3 (even though it is true)
3) But because out of the 90% collective OS mkt share of all Windows WinXP itself is about 61%, Vista is 15.6% & Win7 barely 9% (even though it is true)
4) The adoption rate of XP in its first 12 months was far better than Vista which in turn was far better than Win7. Win 7 was 40% poorer than Vista!
5) Win OS adoption rates have been successively worsening & the developer has to turn things around.
6) You are 100% right Win7 is far better on security than XP SP2. My gut also tells me that Win7 is better than Vista because if improvements. But I figure WinXP SP2 wouldn't be doing well if it lagged behind in the security department by a huge degree

Vista & Win7 have a newer genre of runtime component (it is .NET) in which computer resources i.e. cpu usage, RAM & Virtual Memory are managed by the OS rather than by the source code written by the developer of the app.It is an interesting initiative which it is incorrect to pre-judge. There however are very few .NET apps. My guess is that for every 100 non-.Net apps there are perhaps barely 5,maybe even less .Net apps!

All I am saying is that obviously as of now Microsoft still is a long way off from improving the new runtime component. The proof of that pudding is in the low mkt shares aka low userbase & a declining adoption rate.

Till then I remain a votary of WinXP SP2 non.NET

Ramesh