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Why XP 64 bit? It has worse driver support than Vista x64 for starters, is near end of life too.
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I have had no problems with Vista 64 Bit with drivers and it's more solid than my old XP machine, maybe older devices will have driver problems but we're talking a new system here.
Why use it... simple, to take advantage of the extended RAM capabilities and allow 64bit Photoshop, believe me it flies, particularly with the large 5DII raw files.
FWIW you can download windows7 Pre release and use it for 12 months for free, by all accounts W7 is the uprgrade that vista should have been. It is said that Microsoft will offer trial users a cheap upgrade path when the trial licence expires.
I haven't tried much Astro software but SNP version 5 at least runs fine on 64 bit ultimate.