Gotta say, Ive been using Vista for a week now and I think its awesome. the file manager is a bit strange, but is actually very fast to navigate with once youre used to it. Its fast, multitasks well, and has lots of little touches dotted around that make the user experience that little bit nicer than with XP. I dont know what everyone complains about
The only bit of hardware unsupported for me has been my ages old Labtec webcam, which tbh is due an upgrade anyway.