Hello everyone I’m looking for a little bit of advice about Vista Ultimate and how it will react with Visual Studios 2005 / 2008. The reason I’m asking this question is because it is almost impossible to find a desktop that comes with windows XP Pro and I know sooner or later I will have to take the plunge. So here are my Questions (so I can make up my mind on what to get and do)

1. Will Vista Ultimate works with Visual Studios (DirectX, and 3D designs)?

2. How recourse intensive is Vista Ultimate, I plan on getting 4Gig of DDR2 will that be enough?

3. Are there any know problems with Vista and development tools? (I have read mix results so say no other say yes, but there are no fact to prove or disprove either clam)

4. with the new security features of Vista how locked down will my administrative right be (not affected by group policy, default permissions)?

Here are the system specs of the desktop I plan on buying:
Memory 4 GIG DDR-2 667MHZ
Intel Quad processor Q6600 2.4 GHz
Nivida GeForce 8500GT PCI express 512MB
320 Gb HDD

And the rest is pretty standard stuff but these are the key specs. So any advice would be greatly appreciated, I just don’t want to make a $2000 dollar plus mistake.