[rabscuttle385]

Yes, it still works fine, largely because Office 97, 2000, XP, and 2003 use roughly the same file formats.

Office 2007 has totally new file formats. Yes, there is a converter you can download for free from Microsoft's Web site, but that's just plain annoying.

[A CA Guy]

Vista seems a pain in the neck.
I have talked with stores and they say if you don’t like Vista, pop it out and put your XP in.