My take on Vista:
1. It's not necessary.
2. It's different. That's what makes it exciting
3. It's missing Pinball, but you can download it off of the internet
4. It has some annoyances, in the name of security.
I am now copying files to a new external HD, from XP, so I can copy it over to Vista, so all my files will be organized in place I am familiar with.
That way, it can be like my old computer, but Vista.
It will take many hours to copy my files from my XP machine, because it's USB 1.1.
But at least my new computer is 2.0, so copying to my new computer will be faster.