Vista is not compatible with a lot of good software. This is why Windows 7 on the high end will have XP virtual machine built in. The problem is Microsoft may not put their VM on the lower end versions of Windows 7 which is shooting them sleves in the head again. It will only help Apple if they do that.
I purchased Vista Ultimate with a 500gbhd this past week and neither works. I purchased it from Tigerdirect/CompUSA, $200 plus, and went back to the store to be told that if I’d bring in the machine he’d give it a cursory (my word) check for ‘nothing’. I assured him that since I’ve been in the mainframe to client/service business for my entire life, I know the machines and the software and this combo is a POS. There are simply no VIA/Microsft drivers for my AMD 64FX Abit processor even though the machine worked like a charm with Windows XP. China or India will come out with an operating system to take on this fraud. MS now threatens to leave the USA because of Zero.
Exactly how? The vast majority of home users will not see a need for XP Virtualization, this is a calculated fact researched by people who know. If the home user really wants to run a crippled OS in virtualization then they can download VMWare or something similar or purchase Ultimate.