Hi.

If buy a new PC without Vista, it's a kind of like buy a Tyros1 instead og Tyros2
if you're buying a new keyboard.

The problems people have with Vista, is mainly when they update from XP on a old PC,
using older uncompatible hardware who i.e. miss the right drivers etc.
Also you can get problems if run 16/32 bit software if the rest are 64bit.
A new PC are configured with hardware who won't be any problem in Vista, besides of
that, updates comes regulary from the soft and hardwaremakers.

Myself I run Vista Business 32bit version on one PC, and I'm running old software like
Master Tracks Pro 6, old EMC used in Win98 and EMC2000 without any problems at all.
Installed it just to see if it works, and it does.
Btw, in Vista you can also choose to run software in "XP-mode".

When buy a new PC, you most often keep the one(s) you already have anyway, so if it's
nessesary to wait a bit for a update for any software you have, it would not be any
big issue anyway?

When you're getting used to work in Vista, you'll probably never going back to XP,
just as XP users sheldom reverse to Win98.

Happy Playing
GJ