I havent used Vista properly yet and have no intention of installing it on any of my PCs. In fact I think only one of my PCs would actually meet the required specification.

I have seen the glitzy interface on PCs in the shops but at the moment XP Pro does everything I want my PC to do.

I have used a Vista machine once when I was trying to sort out a friends email problems. The first hurdle I encountered was that I couldnt see "Run" anywhere on the start menu.

Flash of inspiration..."WindowsKey + R" rings up the Run dialogue box. Type "cmd" and got a command prompt. Great

Type "Telnet"

'Telnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

At that point I went to the XP machine in the same room to use Telnet

I have seen reports that sevral of the programs that are important to me will not run on Vista so for the time being I am steering well clear of it.

I dont see the point in upgrading just for the sake of it