yeah, i was pleased with the upgraded features of Vista.. maybe it isnt all that impressive, but there definitely are some nice conveniences that should have been implemented back with WinXP. I wish I could use Vista full time, but after I upgraded to the final release, Vista overheats my 7200rpm laptop harddrive to the point where my entire system just freezes if i leave it on overnight, (or just for the day sometimes too).. I dont know why that is, because the RC2 was fine... the Final does run faster and is snappier than the RC2, but I think it must make more use of the disk caching... oh well, I'm really tempted to go back to a 5400rpm drive just so I can run Vista 24/7... but for now, i'll keep the 7200 + XP and use Vista dual boot just for debugging/compatibility testing and development..