I thought Dell 'got it' and was behind those of us that want XP instead of the nightmare that is Vista. How can they be raising the cost of older software?! Makes me sick. (They do run deals with no upgrade costs *sometimes* as far as I know.) On a side note: It was $99 before for the upgrade/downgrade to Vista, how is $150 three times the previous cost?
I've worked on many a Vista computer (including beta testing back when) and I've never liked it, and have really grown hate it. What a waste of power. On a brand new system, "Please wait while Vista tests the performance..." Are you kidding? Nice out of box experience. Simply transferring files can be such a pain and so slooooooooow. UAC triggers a gag reflex.