Thanks!! Interesting! The pundits say few will upgrade to Vista. Few meaning 10% is my guess. But Vista will spread because all new Windows computers have Vista. No more XP machines at Best Buy. I would say the hardware will work great with any Vista machine at Best Buy etc. The configurations were tested and some hardware SIMPLY not used due to incompatibility
Your typical PC's hardware only has a lifespan of about five years anyways. Once you get to a certain point you have to replace everything. Mac user conveniently fail to mention that the new OS coming out from Apple wont work on anything older than a G4 meaning lots of Apple users who want to have the latest and greatest from Apple have to replace there entire system. Not saying its bad but thats reality as OS's mature older technologies get left behind.
Anyways back to my main point on upgrades, simply put there will be a natural migration to Vista because consumers will replace there computer and choose that path as an upgrade rather then trying to trump up there old computer to Vista requirements. Besides Dell,Gateway and other build PC's so cheaply now that it really is cheaper to buy a whole computer with the OS installed.