Yep - the large installed base of users who do some internet browsing, email, and maybe a bit of letter writing are REALLY in need of new hardware just to appease a bloated new OS that they are brainwashed into thinking they need it.
I know many people with older hardware who could care less about the "latest and greatest"... OH - but they have Macs and haven't experienced the sometimes nightmare life ow a Windows user....
If all they need to do is read email and browse some sites, then they don't need Vista in the first place. Which is entirely my point: if older versions of Windows get those particular low-intensity tasks done, why then should Vista be intentionally hobbled in order to appease that particular crowd? It makes no sense.
Vista requiring some people to upgrade is not a bad thing.