Windows Vista is great, and it's super cool that there's lots of pieces of software you can use to make it more usable today!
on my Vista PC I use Legacy Update, which gets Windows Update working again through control panel, as well as MyPal Browser (its made for XP but works on Vista too) which lets me access modern websites. also Avast Antivirus is free and supports Vista, which is pretty important if ur going online on Vista lol
but yeah its great! 7 was also good, but modern Windows just isn't as nice to use (or as stable lol)