[BoilermakerCAengineerguy]

For what it's worth... Our XP desktop died a few months ago, so we needed to get a new home computer. We ended up buying my wife a new Dell laptop with Vista installed. We've had it for about 6 weeks -- and we haven't had any problems with it.

-Found our wireless network right away; no problems getting online
-Installed our old Lexmark inkjet printer driver; no problems
-Installed Open Office (free) software; no problems
-Installed our digital camera driver; no problems

My wife uses the computer for e-mail, desktop publishing, instant messaging, digital photo management, watching online video, etc. -- and she loves it. I've used it on several occasions, and it seems to work great.

I was initially concerned about getting it (due to the horror stories I had heard about Vista) -- but to date I am very happy with the purchase.

The Treasure Fine

[LilyBean]

I am happy that you are happy with your Vista. For me, and the programs I run, it just is not working for me. I find it very unstable. I am totally unhappy with it. Each to their own. Glad it is working well for you.

LilyBean