Dear CNET members,

Happy Friday! I hope this newsletter finds everyone well! Before I start off on this week's topic, I want to thank all of you who participated in last week's discussion, "What's eating up my hard-drive space?" Many of you participated in the forum discussion and an equal number of you e-mailed me directly to share your tips. While this is helpful, the e-mails are for my eyes only, and it would far more beneficial for community members if you would post them in the discussion thread for all to see. The discussion on mysterious hard drive space disappearing is still going strong. I encourage those of you who previously e-mailed us to please share your advice in the discussion right here. Thanks again! Now, let's tackle Jerome's question on whether he should wait for Window 7 to be released to buy a new PC or move on to Vista now.

Jerome, with the new Windows 7 release in sight (possibly due out by the year's end), I'm sure others are finding themselves in this situation: Windows 7 later or Vista now? And that's not an easy decision to make. With a whopping 211 submissions to your question, I'm going to quickly break down what the majority of our members recommended. So it goes:

  -- Buy a PC with XP now. PC manufacturers are still offering it.
  -- Buy a PC with Vista now, and use it and enjoy it.
  -- Buy a PC with Vista after July and benefit from a free upgrade to Windows 7.
  -- Buy a PC with Windows 7 after it is released.

Like I said, above is just a quick summary of what our members had to recommend. To get the full details on our members' thoughts, please read through all the great opinions, insights, and recommendations that they shared with you. And to make it a bit more interesting, I created a poll around those recommendations (below), so that we can all vote on it. The decision is yours, Jerome, and I wish you the best of luck with you making it. Have a great weekend, everyone! And thanks for your help!

Cheers!
- Lee

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Featured member solutions
for last week's question:

 "... and how long will you wait?"
-- Submitted by: Old Dog New Tricks

 "I would wait at least a few months... "
-- Submitted by: John.Wilkinson

 "Should you wait for Windows 7"
-- Submitted by: waytron

 Read all member contributions

 Thanks to all who contributed!