im curious how many have actually used vista for any amount of time. been running both 32bit and 64bit variants for well over a year now and never had a crash because of vista, it runs snappier than XP, superfetch is useful and now SP1 is out transfer speeds have reached expected levels. dual core usage is better managed, not to mention the borrowed search feature :) in my eyes its already at the stage it took XP 2 service packs to get to. to moan it takes 1GB of ram to run is insane. 2GB of RAM is 30 quid. it also has readyboost which can help if you dont want to spend any money but have a usb stick lying about. unlike XP i dont have to install modem drivers or printer drivers for them to work, nor have to faff during install for SATA drivers. it all comes down to what your used to and how adaptive you are. On the blog. your's is the only one i read and its rather interesting, nice snippets of someone else's life, and good to know your facing off a stereotype. i would point out however that the translator shouldnt be needed but no situation is ever perfect, especially with someone unconscious.