Yeah, Vista sucks a lot with not just a restrictive interface but also as a resource whore. It is also much more difficult to do things that are out of the norm of what I standard user may do because you run into problems which are hard to diagnose.

I also recommend an XP downgrade, particularly if you are into High end gaming due to performance increases and more tweaking room.

I am waiting till Windows 7 comes out because it appears to be Vista minus the crap. The extra crap is mainly what kept Vista down because at its core, its not too bad of an OS.