Well, as long as the space stamp is minor, you should be good to go. For those with space issues, the upgrade will be important.
I’m not biting. I’m happy with XP (I still have Windows 2000 on an older Dell that originally came with Millenium). Heck, I still use Office 2000. But I have friends who have Vista and XP systems, and I’m looking at what their needs will likely be.
I have XP on another HP laptop that I bought in 2006. Works fine, but then I hardly use it, since I got this new one in 2008, so I am not going to upgrade the old one.