[Peach]

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.

[MadIvan]

Your experience made my heart sink. I work in technology and I was worried that in order to stay up to date, I was likely going to need a Vista computer. Given your experience of differences between it and XP, this is now a certainty.

Regards, Ivan