Just bought an XPS 420 (500 GB, 4 GB, 4-core) and ... Vista (needed for 4GB and 4-core). Had recently replaced my 19"FP with a 22" wide FP. Does take a little getting used to.

No problem with drivers ... yet. My HP 4300C scanner sw wouldn't install by running the .EXE, but Google gave me a nice workaround: unpack to a folder, and for the setup.exe change the properties's 'Compatibility' to XP-SP2. Works fine. REmember that if you have a problem with your favorite printer

I have an external 250GB USB HD that I keep my install files on (downloaded progs, updates, VBAexpress tips, ...) as well an a series of backups. Made moving data really easy.

I have to travel on business for 4-6 weeks so I'm only partially reconfigured, but so far haven't had any real problems. A number of the new Vista 'features' (like "A program wants to run ..." popups) can be turned off if you want, and there are a number of "Use Classical menus ..." on some of the progs.

I do have Office 2007 installed, and I expect that I'll have more problems with it's changed UI than with Vista.

Enjoy,

Paul