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Generally, Microsoft Operating systems like to boot newest edition first. So, you will want to install Vista on a clean hard drive, or as an upgrade to a new OS. You probably wouldn't want to try to install XP Home or XP Pro over Vista. You're just asking for trouble. You can have two partitions, and have a dual boot, and you can specify which OS you want to boot first but generally, the newer OS will boot first. You can google how to do this, but I would recommend sticking with XP Home or pro for awhile.

If I buy a new computer, as I probably will need to in the next twelve months, I would like it to come with XP. Which means finding a national supplier (Dell, HP, etc.) who will load it, or I will use a local supplier who will install it for me.

My question is will I even be able to buy a legal copy of XP after Vista consumer version comes out? If so, for how long?