vista's requirements are not too bad.
if u use it for normal surfing and watching movies then it should be okay.
follow me, use a dual boot system and your problems are solved.
the best of both worlds

hhmmm..

ill give my 20 cents...

i remember BACK in the day when i was using winME and my housemate just installed winXP...remember this is when XP just came out like when VISTA did.winXP was like crap compared to winME back then,mostly XP had a lot of compatability issues with software and hardwares back then...if ure old skool, ull DEFINATELY REMEMBER.

then reason why vista fails is simple...compatability issues.EXACTLY the same with winXP when it FIRST came out.

come on,i know some people will still continue to use win98.no one does nowadays, the reason behind this, COMPATABILITY issues and no support. who in the world wants to install a driver to plug in your thumbdrive?come on...even monkeys can deduce this...
if MS had implemented service packs to all its windows, like win98 will be service pack 8 or something..im sure there will be users out there still using older versions of windows if they fix all the issues.