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Originally Posted by luxinterior

Well actually 6 months ago was when I bought my laptop. Before that, I just used a shared home computer that for whatever reason did not yet have XP.

that's fine, xp will be around for YEARS just like win98 and 2000 are still used by tons of machines. support will be available for years too.

if i was to take a guess, i'd say your machine won't be able to run vista due to the inordinate hardware demands. if your machine doesn't say "vista capable" it probably isn't, and even if it were, i'm not sure you would want it anyway... the hype about vista is just a way to get people to fork out MORE money. sure some people may need it, but not everyone, and not right now.