One thing this thread has confirmed is that there is no small amount of reluctance in having to use Vista over other operating systems. What's disturbing to me is how the pc companies caved in to Microsoft by discontinuing to offer any XP support to the customers who still wanted it.

I chose to remove Vista from my Toshiba laptop and it was a lot of trouble to get all the XP drivers I needed from here and there on the net because Toshiba didn't offer any XP drivers at all for my model.

I can't imagine why Toshiba or any other pc manufacturer should have cared one way or another except that they were in collusion with Microsoft to force Vista down everyone's throats. I'm sure Microsoft gave them generous financial incentives to do so.

I will remember this about Toshiba when I'm considering my next computer purchase.

• Rick