Never buy a computer with Vista installed on it. It has been nothing but a huge headache. It has the uncanny ability of making a DSL line as slow as a dial-up system, and that’s not what we are paying for. Taking it off is a bigger production than junking the hard drive and starting over.
Oh please, I've upgraded all of my home machines with no problems at all, and the thruput on my DSL line has increased significantly due to the IP6 layer. Same line speed, but download run much faster. If you're running with 512 mb ram and expect it to fly, it ain't gonna happen though. If you put enough memory on your macine and the hardware is somewhat current, you will have very few issues.
And the FUD goes on....:
I have the feeling XP is going to be a nightmare. I actually can say that I've already seen it kill someone's computer! (a friend bought a new Compaq laptop with XP installed...yesterday, it booted with the fun phrase "Operating system not found")
FR, October 25, 2001