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Wow. Your experience with Vista is much worse than mine, and you have a new Vista-certified machine!

I think that ReadyBoost (where Vista uses a flash drive as swap space) really helped. I did no tests, but it seems that way.

Generally things seem to be running smoothly, although I continue to make backups frequently.

Reverting to XP Pro seems sensible to me. After the dust settles on Vista SP1 might be a good time to try again.

Merry Christmas,
Ned