get a grip
I have desktop pc running Visa & laptop running Vista.
Use for software development, music production and to organise and file my life.
I have had no significant issues at all. Any of my colleagues who also run Vista on their laptops or desktops, also have had no issues.
I've long envied the Mac's for their hi-res displays, after all it's the bit of the computer I look at all day long. Vista adds that to Windows, as well as some other nice features that make life a little nicer.
I honesty can't see where all the bashing, Vista is broken, stuff comes from. It works perfectly for me and is a nice place to be while I work.
Sure there will be driver issues because there are so many different combinations out there. Maybe Microsoft should create a standard range of PCs & Laptops that is fully controlled like apple and all these issues would go away.
Just my two pennies worth and to balance this argument up a little