I have only seen the glossy presentations of it and not observed it in actual use.

To begin with it would mean doubling my computer memory. Secondly over here the pricing is relatively much more expensive than it is in the US. Thirdly am going to wait for the bugs to be sorted. Fourthly I am very happy with XP.

But I expect that MS will at some stage withdraw support for it as they have their earlier versions...

A friend has just bought a laptop which includes a free upgrade to Vista. He has to wait for the disc though as it didn't come preinstalled. It looks likes the cheapest route to go is installed with a new machine. Once he gets the disk and installs it I will then take a closer look.