All new laptops are offering Vista.
Is it too early to buy a new computer considering that many programs and their software are not yet compatible with Vista? Many are still in Beta form.
How long should a person wait until Vista is more user friendly?

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Originally Posted by jamespilgrim

All new laptops are offering Vista.

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Sorry they AREN'T !
Off the shelf machine do tend to, but a it of searching around and you can find XP easily.

Personaly I'm waiting for Service Pack 1 before I start to use it in any serious way, got a test machine running it tho'.
Judging by their current time scale about 12-18 months.

Vista was released with the largest listing of supported hardware and software of any Windows release. Unless there is something specific you want to run that isn't supported, then I don't think you will have a problem.

As Ben said you can still get an XP equipped lappy, but not from retail.

I thought this might also help:

Windows Quality Online Services: Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List


If you're a bit unsure what to do,click on getting started,at the bottom of the page.

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Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List
The Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List is currently only compatible with Internet Explorer 6 and above. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to remedy this situation.

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That tells me all I need to know about Vista Compatibility.

Oops... I use Firefox,and had forgot about IE6,being... er... IE6 :D

Apologies if I sound like an idiot.It is Sunday afternoon he he.

Sorry Cap.