You might want to post your experience with Vista, as a normal non-techie PC user. A lot of the criticisms on here won't mean much to us average folks, but YOUR explanation of the problems you encountered made me realize I need to stay far, far away from Vista.
Most of the freepers posting on this thread sound like techies, which I am clearly not.
We purchased a new computer on Wednesday which was loaded with Vista Home Basic. I consider myself relatively computer literate and never had problems with Windows XP and I was unable to manage Vista.
When I called for technical assistance, I was told that the average home user would find using Vista very difficult because it is a sophisticated program and doesn't work like windows.
We returned the computer yesterday and I intend to stay as far away from Vista as possible. It's likely over time that home PC users will force changes and patches and maybe in a year or so it will be an easier operating system to manage.