well, it took quite too long to install vista. the computer on which i installed it: P4 2.8, 2 Go DDR, SATA HD and a small radeon after the long setup i finally played with the "revolution" claimed by ms. to me it's just another improvment of xp which was an improvment of 2k. i didnt find anything so good that would explain the need to buy a new os. plus at that time, the very next days after the commercial release there was no "light" version. finally the hard drives 100% compatible (flash drive+standard hard drive) are just about to be commercialized. so it took just about a year (or more i dont remember the exact date) to be able to use vista in a decent way. ps: i usually dont like ms products like windows, but xp is a good os and is still running ok. that's why i'm still using it. ps2: i played a little bit more with vista when i was @ a friend's home. there's too much restrictions or too much dialog boxes on each action.